[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38275: Single wildcard character in .htaccess requests any page

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#38275: Single wildcard character in .htaccess requests any page
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 Reporter:  martinthehorrible  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Permalinks         |    Version:
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                     |
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 For example, if the site is http://www.mysite.com, requesting
 http://www.mysite.com/s will redirect to a permalink beginning with 's'.
 This sends the user to an unexpected page.

 This request should redirect to 404 when the page
 'http://www.mysite.com/s' doesn't exist.

 In the WP installation folder, the following .htaccess rewrite rule causes
 this problem:
 RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

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