WordPress Release WordPress v6.5.3

Note: Due to an issue with the initial package, WordPress 6.5.1 was not released.
Version 6.5.3 is the first minor release for WordPress 6.5.

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Installation/Update Information​

To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/.

For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:

• Updating WordPress

If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:

• New To WordPress – Where to Start
• First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended

Summary​

The 6.5.3 release was led by @jorbin and @grantmkin.
WordPress 6.5.3 is a short-cycle maintenance release that features 12 bug fixes in Core and 9 bug fixes for the block editor.
You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading the Release Candidate announcement.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to WordPress 6.5.3

List of packages updated​

Markdown (GitHub flavored):

@wordpress/block-directory - 4.28.11
@wordpress/block-editor - 12.19.9
@wordpress/block-library - 8.28.11
@wordpress/core-commands - 0.20.9
@wordpress/core-data - 6.28.9
@wordpress/customize-widgets - 4.28.11
@wordpress/edit-post - 7.28.11
@wordpress/edit-site - 5.28.11
@wordpress/edit-widgets - 5.28.11
@wordpress/editor - 13.28.9
@wordpress/format-library - 4.28.9
@wordpress/interactivity - 5.0.6
@wordpress/interactivity-router - 1.1.6
@wordpress/patterns - 1.12.9
@wordpress/reusable-blocks - 4.28.9
@wordpress/widgets - 3.28.9
@wordpress/e2e-test-utils-playwright - 0.19.3
@wordpress/scripts - 27.2.6

List of files revised​

Markdown (GitHub flavored):

wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/css/common.css
wp-admin/css/media.css
wp-admin/menu.php
wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.min.php
wp-includes/block-template-utils.php
wp-includes/class-avif-info.php
wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php
wp-includes/default-filters.php
wp-includes/functions.wp-scripts.php
wp-includes/l10n.php
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-templates-controller.php
wp-includes/version.php

Note: Due to an issue with the initial package, WordPress 6.5.1 was not released.
Version 6.5.2 is the first minor release for WordPress 6.5.

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Installation/Update Information​

To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/.

For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:

• Updating WordPress

If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:

• New To WordPress – Where to Start
• First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended
• WordPress Lessons

Summary​

Security updates​

This security and maintenance release features 2 bug fixes on Core, 12 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 1 security fix:

• A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Avatar block type; reported by John Blackbourn of the WordPress security team. Many thanks to Mat Rollings for assisting with the research.

The earliest release requiring patching was WordPress 6.0.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to WordPress 6.5.2: Aaron Jorbin, Aki Hamano, Andrei Draganescu, Artemio Morales, Caleb Burks, colind, Daniel Richards, Dominik Schilling, Fabian Kägy, George Mamadashvili, Greg Ziółkowski, Isabel Brison, Jb Audras, Joe McGill, John Blackbourn, Jonathan Desrosiers, Lovekesh Kumar, Matias Benedetto, Mukesh Panchal, Pascal Birchler, Peter Wilson, Sean Fisher, Sergey Biryukov, and Scott Reilly.

This release was led by John Blackbourn, Isabel Brison, and Aaron Jorbin.

For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac.

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