WordPress 6.2.1 Maintenance & Security Release

Security updates included in this release

• Block themes parsing shortcodes in user generated data; thanks to Liam Gladdy of WP Engine for reporting this issue
• A CSRF issue updating attachment thumbnails; reported by John Blackbourn of the WordPress security team
• A flaw allowing XSS via open embed auto discovery; reported independently by Jakub Żoczek of Securitum and during a third party security audit
• Bypassing of KSES sanitization in block attributes for low privileged users; discovered during a third party security audit.
• A path traversal issue via translation files; reported independently by Ramuel Gall and during a third party security audit.