[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        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> 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]

New description:

 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 #24663

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