WordPress 6.3.2
12 October 2023
WordPress version 6.3.2 is now available (security release).
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What's New in WordPress 6.3.2
This security and maintenance release features 19 bug fixes on Core, 22 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 8 security fixes.
Core Bug Fixes
- #59489 — Themes: Fix core block style paths on Windows
- #59198 — Upgrade/Install: Check plugin compatibility during bulk upgrades
- #59293 — Editor: Update packages with bug fixes for 6.3.2
- #59086 — Twenty Twenty: Fix style issues within iframed editor
- #59196 — Build Tools: Avoid doing copy:dynamic when running grunt watch when using --dev option
- #59193 — REST API: Remove misleading comment in WP_REST_Blocks_Controller->get_item_schema
- #59108 — Editor: Preserve block style variations when securing theme
- #59041 — Post Types: allow trashing draft patterns
- #59018 — Editor: Fix loading of assets in blocks in child themes where the directory name starts with the parent theme’s directory name
- #59000 — Editor: Prevent possibility of a fatal error when previewing block themes
- #58754 — Editor: Don’t use fluid layout value in typography
- #58119 — HTML API: Remove all duplicate copies of an attribute when removing
- #59394 — Build/Test Tools: Add sys_get_temp_dir() to open_basedir tests
- #59320 — Upgrade/Install: Fix broken sprintf() call when deleting a backup
- #59292 — HTML API: Skip over contents of RAWTEXT elements such as STYLE
- #58779 — Build/Test Tools: Restore automatically retrying failed E2E tests once
- #59111 — Themes: Avoid stale caches for core block styles
- #59226 — Posts, Post Types: Reinstate missing sort_column options in get_pages()
- #59224 — Posts, Post Types: Avoid redundant SQL query in get_pages()
Block Editor Bug Fixes
- Global Styles: Fix push to global styles for 6.3.x
- Footnotes: enlarge rich text footnote target
- Fallback to default max viewport if layout wide size is fluid.
- Site editor: add missing i18n in HomeTemplateDetails
- RichText: Remove ‘Footnotes’ when interactive formatting is disabled
- Preserve block style variations when securing theme json
- Image: Clear aspect ratio when wide aligned
- Fix missing Replace button in content-locked Image blocks
- Remove “go to” for terms and posts
- Image block: Fix stretched images constrained by max-width
- Fix: Sync status overlaps for some languages in Patterns post type page
- Fix document title alignment in command palette button
- Update document title buttons radius
- Fix: Snack bar not fixed on certain pages in the Site Editor
- Image Block: Don’t render DimensionsTool if it is not resizable
- Site Editor: Fix document actions label helper method
- Add tests for fluid layout + typograph
- Fix support of sticky position in non-iframed post editor
- Link Control: persist advanced settings toggle state to preferences if available
- Fix: indicator style when block moving mode
- Fix post editor top toolbar with custom fields in Safari
- Set top toolbar size dynamically
The security team would like to thank the following people for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities, and allowing them to be fixed in this release:
- Marc Montpas of Automattic for finding a potential disclosure of user email addresses.
- Marc Montpas of Automattic for finding an RCE POP Chains vulnerability.
- Rafie Muhammad and Edouard L of Patchstack along with a WordPress commissioned third-party audit for each independently identifying a XSS issue in the post link navigation block.
- Jb Audras of the WordPress Security Team and Rafie Muhammad of Patchstack for each independently discovering an issue where comments on private posts could be leaked to other users.
- John Blackbourn (WordPress Security Team), James Golovich, J.D Grimes, Numan Turle, WhiteCyberSec for each independently identifying a way for logged-in users to execute any shortcode.
- mascara7784 and a third-party security audit for identifying a XSS vulnerability in the application password screen.
- Jorge Costa of the WordPress Core Team for identifying XSS vulnerability in the footnotes block.
- s5s and raouf_maklouf for independently identifying a cache poisoning DoS vulnerability.