[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #5663: URL sanitization is too restrictive

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#5663: URL sanitization is too restrictive
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 Reporter:  nbachiyski  |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  2.5      
Component:  General     |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal      |    Keywords:           
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 Url sanitization is too strict, it allows only character from the
 following class: {{{[^a-z0-9-~+_.?#=!&;,/:%@]}}}

 A URL can contain every possible character, so we shouldn't strip them,
 but just escape accordingly.

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