[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30597: wp_filter_post_kses mangles URLs with colons in them

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#30597: wp_filter_post_kses mangles URLs with colons in them
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 Reporter:  rkaiser0324   |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |    Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Try to save this entirely valid post content:

 {{{

 <a href="/this/is/a/valid:link">watch what happens</a>
 }}}


 The KSES logic is overly aggressive and strips the URL.  It's getting
 confused by the colon.

 Might be related to [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24663]

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