[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8767: Refactored filters to avoid potential XSS attacks

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Sun Jan 4 05:49:34 GMT 2009


#8767: Refactored filters to avoid potential XSS attacks
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 Reporter:  sambauers                      |        Owner:  ryan 
     Type:  defect (bug)                   |       Status:  new  
 Priority:  high                           |    Milestone:  2.7.1
Component:  Security                       |      Version:  2.7  
 Severity:  major                          |   Resolution:       
 Keywords:  has-patch, needs-testing, XSS  |  
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Comment (by sambauers):

 I've refactored the patch based on problems which emerged from the bbPress
 implementation of the same functions.

 Mainly removes wp_entities() completely due to charset issues in PHP 4.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8767#comment:5>
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