{"id":2531,"date":"2013-01-24T22:23:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T22:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2022-11-18T22:53:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:53:53","slug":"wordpress-3-5-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2013\/01\/wordpress-3-5-1\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 3.5.1 Maintenance and Security Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 3.5.1 is now available. Version 3.5.1 is the first maintenance release of 3.5, <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/milestone\/3.5.1\">fixing 37 bugs<\/a>. It is also a security release for all previous WordPress versions. For a full list of changes, consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?milestone=3.5.1\">list of tickets<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/log\/branches\/3.5?rev=23341&amp;stop_rev=23167\">changelog<\/a>, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editor: Prevent certain HTML elements from being unexpectedly removed or modified in rare cases.<\/li>\n<li>Media: Fix a collection of minor workflow and compatibility issues in the new media manager.<\/li>\n<li>Networks: Suggest proper rewrite rules when creating a new network.<\/li>\n<li>Prevent scheduled posts from being stripped of certain HTML, such as video embeds, when they are published.<\/li>\n<li>Work around some misconfigurations that may have caused some JavaScript in the WordPress admin area to fail.<\/li>\n<li>Suppress some warnings that could occur when a plugin misused the database or user APIs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, a bug affecting Windows servers running IIS can prevent updating from 3.5 to 3.5.1. If you receive the error &#8220;Destination directory for file streaming does not exist or is not writable,&#8221; you will need to <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Version_3.5.1\">follow the steps outlined on the Codex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WordPress 3.5.1 also addresses the following security issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A server-side request forgery\u00a0vulnerability\u00a0and remote port scanning using pingbacks. This vulnerability, which could potentially be used to expose information and compromise a site, affects all previous WordPress versions. This was fixed by the WordPress security team. We&#8217;d like to thank security researchers <a href=\"http:\/\/codeseekah.com\/\">Gennady Kovshenin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalhack3r.co.uk\/\">Ryan Dewhurst<\/a> for reviewing our work.<\/li>\n<li>Two instances of cross-site scripting via shortcodes and post content. 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