{"id":2612,"date":"2013-06-21T19:54:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T19:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2022-11-18T22:53:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:53:53","slug":"wordpress-3-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2013\/06\/wordpress-3-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 3.5.2 Maintenance and Security Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 3.5.2 is now available. This is the second maintenance release of 3.5, fixing <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;group=resolution&amp;milestone=3.5.2\">12 bugs<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.<\/strong> The WordPress security team resolved seven security issues, and this release also contains some additional security hardening.<\/p>\n<p>The security fixes included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blocking server-side request forgery attacks, which could potentially enable an attacker to gain access to a site.<\/li>\n<li>Disallow contributors from improperly publishing posts, reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/kovshenin.com\/\">Konstantin Kovshenin<\/a>, or reassigning the post&#8217;s authorship, reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/\">Luke Bryan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An update to the SWFUpload external library to fix cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/ma.la\">mala<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.iti.pk.edu.pl\/~grucha\/\">Szymon Gruszecki<\/a>. (Developers: More on SWFUpload <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2013\/06\/21\/secure-swfupload\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>Prevention of a denial of service attack, affecting sites using password-protected posts.<\/li>\n<li>An update to an external TinyMCE library to fix a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rinakikun\">Wan Ikram<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple fixes for cross-site scripting. Reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/webapplicationsecurity.altervista.org\/\">Andrea Santese<\/a> and Rodrigo.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid disclosing a full file path when a upload fails. Reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/hauntit.blogspot.de\/\">Jakub Galczyk<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We appreciated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/FAQ_Security\">responsible disclosure<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0these issues directly\u00a0to our security team.\u00a0For more information on the changes, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Version_3.5.2\">release notes<\/a> or consult <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/log\/branches\/3.5?rev=24498&amp;stop_rev=23347\">the list of changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-3.5.2.zip\">Download WordPress 3.5.2<\/a> or update now from the Dashboard \u2192 Updates menu in your site\u2019s admin area.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also:<\/em> <strong>WordPress 3.6 Beta 4:<\/strong> If you are testing WordPress 3.6, please note that <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-3.6-beta4.zip\">WordPress 3.6 Beta 4<\/a> (zip) includes fixes for these security issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 3.5.2 is now available. 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