WordPress 5.6.5
9 September 2021
WordPress version 5.6.5 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to WordPress 5.6.5
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What's New in WordPress 5.6.5
Security
- Props @mdawaffe, member of the WordPress Security Team for their work fixing a data exposure vulnerability within the REST API.
- Props to Michał Bentkowski of Securitum for reporting a XSS vulnerability in the block editor.
- The Lodash library has been updated to version 4.17.21 in each branch to incorporate upstream security fixes.