[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18685: GET Requests with hostname in them causes wrong redirect

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#18685: GET Requests with hostname in them causes wrong redirect
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 Reporter:  Ueland                  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                 |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |
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Changes (by solarissmoke):

 * keywords:  needs-patch => has-patch dev-feedback


Comment:

 Confirmed that this happens when you use an absolute URI in the GET
 request. !WordPress assumes (incorrectly it seems) that `REQUEST_URI` will
 never contain a hostname.

 POC patch attached - although this issue has never come up before
 (probably because most clients are HTTP/1.1 compliant in this regard and
 send proper requests - the requirement to accept a fully qualified address
 is only for backward compatibility with HTTP/1.0), so I'm not sure whether
 the real bug lies with the client.

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