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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2022.6292 WordPress 5.9.2 Security and Maintenance Release 2 December 2022 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: WordPress Publisher: WordPress Operating System: Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Resolution: Patch/Upgrade Original Bulletin: https://wordpress.org/news/2022/03/wordpress-5-9-2-security-maintenance-release/ Comment: CVSS (Max): None available when published - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- WordPress 5.9.2 Security and Maintenance Release WordPress 5.9.2 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 1 bug fix in addition to 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release , it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated. WordPress 5.9.2 is a security and maintenance release. The next major release will be version 6.0 . You can download WordPress 5.9.2 from WordPress.org , or visit your Dashboard -> Updates and click "Update Now". If you have sites that support automatic background updates, they've already started the update process. The security team would like to thank the following people for responsively reporting vulnerabilities, allowing them to be fixed in this release: o Melar Dev, for finding a Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in a jQuery dependency o Ben Bidner of the WordPress security team, for finding a Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability o Researchers from Johns Hopkins University, for finding a Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in the block editor For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac, or check out the version 5.9.2 HelpHub documentation page . Thanks and props! The 5.9.2 release was led by Jb Audras , with the help of Jorge Costa on package updates, Sergey Biryukov on mission control, and David Baumwald on backport commits. In addition to the release squad members and security researchers mentioned above, thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.9.2 happen: Alan Jacob Mathew , Alex Concha , Andre , Anton Vlasenko , David Baumwald , ehtis , Jb Audras , Jorge Costa , Peter Wilson , Sergey Biryukov , Tonya Mork , and ironprogrammer . - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. NOTE: Third Party Rights This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. 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