Add 5.3.1 release notes

Author: othercorey

2026/01/13/cakephp_531.rst

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+CakePHP 5.3.1 Released
+======================
+
+The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the immediate availability of CakePHP
+5.3.1. This is a maintenance release for the 5.3 branch that fixes several
+community reported issues and regressions.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+You can expect the following changes in 5.3.1. See the `changelog
+<https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/compare/5.3.0...5.3.1>`_ for every commit.
+
+* Fixed outputting unescaped html in ``PaginatorHelper``.
+* Fixed plugin template paths.
+
+Contributors to 5.3.1
+----------------------
+
+Thank you to all the contributors that submitted a pull request:
+
+* Corey Taylor
+* Mark Scherer
+* Mark Story
+
+As always, we would like to also thank all the contributors that opened issues,
+or updated the documentation.
+
+Download a `packaged release on github
+<https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases>`_.
+
+.. author:: othercorey
+.. categories:: release, news
+.. tags:: release, news

master.rst

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+   2026/01/13/cakephp_531
    2026/01/09/cakephp_530
    2026/01/08/cakephp_5211
    2025/12/13/cakephp_530RC2