Version 5.8.2

On November 10, 2021, WordPress 5.8.2 was released to the public.

Installation/Update Information

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Summary

Maintenance and Security updates

WordPress 5.8.2 features 1 security update and fixed 2 bugs.

Thanks and props!

The 5.8.2 release was led by Jonathan Desrosiers and Evan Mullins.

In addition to the security researchers and release squad members mentioned above, thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.8.2 happen:

Ari Stathopoulos, Bradley Taylor, davidwebca, Evan Mullins, Greg Ziółkowski, Jonathan Desrosiers, Juliette Reinders Folmer, Mukesh Panchal, Sergey Biryukov, shimon246, and Yui.

List of Files Revised

wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
wp-admin/about.php
wp-includes/certificates/ca-bundle.crt
wp-includes/script-loader.php
wp-includes/version.php

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