Version 4.5.18

On September 4, 2019, WordPress 4.5.18 was released to the public.

Installation/Update Information

To download WordPress 4.5.18, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit the 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

From the WordPress 5.2.3 release post, WordPress versions 5.2 and earlier are affected by 7 security bugs. Additionally, #47020 (which was included in 5.2.1) has been backported to earlier branches.

List of Files Revised

wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/async-upload.php
wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js
wp-includes/formatting.php
wp-includes/kses.php
wp-includes/pluggable.php
wp-includes/post-template.php
wp-includes/version.php