[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55336: Query strings with reserved characters get wrongly redirected to encoded variant at the root level.

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#55336: Query strings with reserved characters get wrongly redirected to encoded
variant at the root level.
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 Reporter:  madstegge     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Hi there, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report.

 Replying to [ticket:55336 madstegge]:
 > WordPress however, redirects to a URI encoded variant when the query
 string at the root level contains these reserved characters.
 >
 > So, https://wordpress.org/plugins/?test=123*456 doesn't redirect.
 >
 > While https://wordpress.org/?test=123*456 redirects to
 https://wordpress.org/?test=123%2A456.

 I could not reproduce the issue on a clean install. Testing with some
 other sites like https://ma.tt/?test=123*456, they don't redirect either.

 WordPress.org does indeed redirect as noted, but I think that might be
 something specific to that particular network.

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