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Version 3.9.13

On 21 June, 2016, WordPress 3.9.13 was released to the public.

See also: other WordPress Versions.

Installation/Update Information

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Summary

From the WordPress 4.5.3 release notes, WordPress versions 4.5.2 and earlier are affected by several security issues: redirect bypass in the customizer, reported by Yassine Aboukir; two different XSS problems via attachment names, reported by Jouko Pynnönen and Divyesh Prajapati; revision history information disclosure, reported independently by John Blackbourn from the WordPress security team and by Dan Moen; oEmbed denial of service reported by Jennifer Dodd from Automattic; unauthorized category removal from a post, reported by David Herrera from Alley Interactive; password change via stolen cookie, reported by Michael Adams from the WordPress security team; and some less secure sanitize_file_name edge cases reported by Peter Westwood of the WordPress security team.

List of Files Revised

wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
wp-admin/includes/post.php
wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/customize.php
wp-admin/revision.php
wp-includes/formatting.php
wp-includes/pluggable.php
wp-includes/post-template.php
wp-includes/version.php
readme.html