[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33848: Protect against vulnerability in Netscape 4?

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#33848: Protect against vulnerability in Netscape 4?
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 Reporter:  dmsnell                              |       Owner:  chriscct7
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  Security                             |     Version:  1.0
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-      |     Focuses:
  refresh                                        |  performance
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Changes (by pento):

 * keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests => has-patch has-unit-tests needs-
     refresh


Comment:

 This is one of my favourite tickets.

 The idea has been tumbling around in my head for a while, I'm leaning
 towards deprecating the function. The security benefit it provides is
 negligible, it's nice to improve performance, however slight, and it's a
 small step towards making `wp_kses()` fast enough to be usable.

 For [attachment:no_js_entities.3.diff], instead of changing the behaviour
 of `wp_kses_js_entities()`, we can just stop calling it, and move it to
 `deprecated.php`. It also needs the addition of a `_deprecated_function()`
 call. I like the additional explanation in the docblock, that should stay.

 @dmsnell, would you mind updating the patch?

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