[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12402: make addslashes_gpc() use addslashes() fix to use real_escape, rather than addslashes

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#12402: make addslashes_gpc() use addslashes() fix to use real_escape, rather than
addslashes
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:  ryan                   
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  3.0                    
Component:  Security           |     Version:  3.0                    
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 My understanding is the real issue was that we'd stripslash() $_POST and
 $_GET, and then slash them using mysql_real_escape_string(). but by doing
 so, we add more slashes than addslashes would, so doing the same over
 again for any reason would return garbage.

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