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WordPress 4.2.2 is now available for download. This is a critical security release for all previous versions.What’s new in this release?

Fixes:
The Genericons icon font package contained an HTML file vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. All
affected themes and plugins hosted on WordPress.org (including the Twenty Fifteen default theme) have been updated today by the WordPress security team to address this issue by removing this nonessential file. WordPress 4.2.2 proactively scans the wp-content directory for this HTML file and removes it.

WordPress versions 4.2 and earlier are affected by a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Hardening for a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability when using the visual editor.
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WordPress 4.2.1 is now available for download. This is a critical security release for all previous versions. What’s new in this final release?

Fixes:
cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable commenters to compromise a site.
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WordPress 4.2 Powell is now available for download. What’s new in this final release?

New and improved Press This.
Now supports native Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters, musical and mathematical symbols, and hieroglyphs.
Added emoji support.
Browse and preview your installed themes from the Customizer.
embeds from Tumblr.com and Kickstarter.
smooth and simple plugin updates.
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WordPress 4.1.2 is now available for download. This is a security release.What’s new in this release?

Fixed a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Fixed files with invalid or unsafe names could be uploaded.
a very limited cross-site scripting vulnerability could be used as part of a social engineering attack.
Some plugins were vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability.
also four hardening changes.
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WordPress 4.2 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this beta
release?

Removed Shiny Installs functionality due to concerns about the activation workflow.
Fixed:Comments Quick Edit layout breaking on smaller screens.
Improved accessibility of login screen errors.
Refined the emoji compatibility script to only load on the front- and back-end if the browser requires it.
Fixed several issues in Press This
Standardized the time display format in a variety of admin screens, switching to 24-hour notation where a.m. or p.m. are not specified.
Various other bug fixes.
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WordPress 4.2 Beta 2 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this beta?

Added support for entering FTP and SSH credentials when updating plugins.
Improved cross-browser support for emoji throughout WordPress.
auto-embedded media and better content scanning in Press This.
Added a constructor and improved method consistency in WP_Comment_Query..
More than 70 various bug fixes.
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WordPress 4.2 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this release?

Revamped mobile friendly Press This.
Browsing and switching installed themes has been added to the Customizer.
Ability to install or update in-place from the Plugins screens.
Added emoji support.
Terms shared across multiple taxonomies will now be split into separate terms when one of them is updated.
New wp.a11y.speak() functionality helps your JavaScript talk to screen readers to better inform impaired users what’s happening on-screen.
Named clause support has been added to WP_Query, WP_Comment_Query, and WP_User_Query, allowing specific meta_query clauses to be used with orderby.
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WordPress 4.1 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in wordpress 4.1 release?

New default theme, Twenty Fifteen.
A new distraction-free writing mode for the editor and enabled by default for beta.
Ability to automatically install new language packs right from the General Settings screen.
New inline formatting toolbar for images embedded into posts.
Improvements to meta, date, comment, and taxonomy queries, including complex (nested, multiple relation) queries; and querying comment types.
A single term shared across multiple taxonomies is now split into two when updated.
A new and better way for themes to handle title tags.
Improvements to the Customizer API, including contextual panels and sections, and JavaScript templates for controls.
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