{"id":14431985,"date":"2021-05-13T01:01:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T01:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_version&amp;p=14431985"},"modified":"2021-05-13T01:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T01:01:43","slug":"version-3-8-36","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-3-8-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 3.8.36"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On May 12, 2021, WordPress 3.8.36 was released to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation\/Update Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard &gt; Updates menu in your site&#8217;s admin area or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/updating-wordpress\/\">Updating WordPress<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/support\/article\/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start\/\">New To WordPress &#8211; Where to Start<\/a><\/li><li> <a href=\"\/support\/article\/first-steps-with-wordpress\/\">First Steps With WordPress<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions\/\">Upgrading WordPress Extended<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/article\/wordpress-lessons\/\">WordPress Lessons<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One security issue affects WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.7. If you haven\u2019t yet updated to 5.7, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated to fix the following security issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Object injection in PHPMailer, <a href=\"https:\/\/nvd.nist.gov\/vuln\/detail\/CVE-2020-36326\">CVE-2020-36326<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nvd.nist.gov\/vuln\/detail\/CVE-2018-19296\">CVE-2018-19296<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This version of WordPress was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/peterwilsoncc\/\">@peterwilsoncc<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/\">@audrasjb<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Props to <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/\">@audrasjb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ayeshrajans\/\">@ayeshrajans<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj\/\">@desrosj<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/peterwilsoncc\/\">@peterwilsoncc<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/SergeyBiryukov\/\">@SergeyBiryukov<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/xknown\/\">@xknown<\/a> for their work on the security issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;milestone=5.7.2&amp;order=priority\">browse the full list of changes on Trac<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of Files Revised<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">wp-admin\/about.php\nwp-includes\/class-phpmailer.php\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updated packages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No package was updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 12, 2021, WordPress 3.8.36 was released to the public. 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