Make: drop o2's control classes from comment HTML - #879
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe comment filter now uses a namespaced callback. The callback applies post HTML KSES filtering, removes commenter-supplied ChangesComment filtering
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Comments with entity-encoded o2 control classes can still present as o2 controls, defeating the protection this change is intended to provide. Remove the fast path before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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- Line 75: Update strip_o2_control_classes() to remove the stripos($html, 'o2-')
early-return fast path, ensuring encoded o2- control classes are still
discovered through WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::class_list() after decoding.
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site:developer.wordpress.org WP_HTML_Tag_Processor class_list character references wp_kses_normalize_entities
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In WordPress, the WP_HTML_Tag_Processor class and the wp_kses_normalize_entities function serve distinct purposes related to HTML processing, and they handle character references differently [1][2][3]. WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::class_list The class_list method is a generator that iterates over the class names found in a matched tag's class attribute [1][2]. When retrieving the class attribute using $this->get_attribute('class'), the WP_HTML_Tag_Processor automatically handles the decoding of character references within that attribute value [1][2]. The resulting string, used by class_list to parse individual class names, contains these character references already decoded [1][2]. wp_kses_normalize_entities This function is a legacy utility within the KSES sanitization library designed to normalize HTML entities within a string [3][4]. It is typically used to sanitize content by: - Disarming entities (converting & to &) [3]. - Decoding double-encoded character references [3]. - Ensuring named entities are valid or correctly formatted based on the context (e.g., 'html' or 'xml') [3][5]. Relationship and Distinction There is no direct functional dependency between WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::class_list and wp_kses_normalize_entities [1][3]. - WP_HTML_Tag_Processor is a modern, high-performance HTML parser that handles character decoding internally according to HTML5 specifications during tokenization and attribute access [6][2]. - wp_kses_normalize_entities is an older utility function used primarily for manual string sanitization before or during content filtering, rather than as part of the HTML5-compliant parsing flow used by the Tag Processor [3][7][8]. Developers should use the WP_HTML_Tag_Processor API for manipulating HTML tags and attributes as it correctly handles character references per the HTML5 spec, whereas wp_kses_normalize_entities should be reserved for scenarios requiring manual normalization of raw text strings [2][3].
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- 1: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_tag_processor/class_list/
- 2: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_tag_processor/
- 3: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_kses_normalize_entities/
- 4: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/package/kses/
- 5: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_kses_named_entities/
- 6: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_decoder/read_character_reference/
- 7: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_kses/?output_format=md
- 8: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_specialchars/
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In the context of the WordPress function wp_kses_normalize_entities, there is no special or unique behavior associated specifically with the numeric character reference 45 (which represents the hyphen character, -). The function wp_kses_normalize_entities is designed to normalize HTML entities by standardizing their representation within a string [1]. It handles numeric character references (both decimal and hexadecimal) using regular expression callbacks (such as wp_kses_normalize_entities2 for decimal) to ensure they contain valid Unicode values [2][1]. The value 45 is a standard, valid Unicode codepoint for a hyphen. When processed by the function: 1. It is treated as a standard numeric character reference (e.g., - or -). 2. The regex and callback logic in WordPress verify the validity of the numeric value [2][1]. 3. If valid, the function ensures the entity remains correctly encoded or is normalized according to the function's internal logic [1]. Recent updates to the WordPress core have focused on improving how these entities are handled to prevent "mangling"—for example, ensuring that double-encoded entities like ' are not incorrectly transformed [3]. Testing suites for this function specifically include various numeric and hex character references to ensure that symbols, standard characters, and emojis are processed accurately without changing their semantic meaning [4]. If you encountered a reference to 45 in source code, it is likely part of a test case or a range check ensuring that the function correctly processes standard ASCII or Unicode numeric references [4].
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- 1: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.5/src/wp-includes/kses.php
- 2: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/98bf67e02b0a4b4aa3848f4e8266c4fd66cdaad0/src/wp-includes/kses.php
- 3: GitHub pull request 9099 in WordPress/wordpress-develop (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 4: GitHub pull request 9095 in WordPress/wordpress-develop (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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Do not skip encoded o2- control classes.
wp_kses_normalize_entities() preserves valid numeric references and normalizes - to -. Therefore, strip_o2_control_classes() does not find o2- in class="o2-reply" and returns before WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::class_list() decodes the class. Remove the fast path and always inspect parsed class names.
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In
`@wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/mu-plugins/pub/wporg-allow-more-html-in-comments.php`
at line 75, Update strip_o2_control_classes() to remove the stripos($html,
'o2-') early-return fast path, ensuring encoded o2- control classes are still
discovered through WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::class_list() after decoding.
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P2 and o2 comments go through the post HTML filters rather than the comment ones, so a comment can carry structural markup and arbitrary classes. o2 binds its post actions, and the lookup that picks which editor to read, to class names across the whole post article, and comments sit inside that article.
Comment HTML is author-supplied, so it should not be able to present itself as one of o2's own controls.
pre_comment_contentnow runs the post filters and then drops anyo2--prefixed class.The plugin already dropped
<title>from the allowlist for a similar reason. Classes added by o2 at render time, such as the xpost highlight, are unaffected: this only touches what gets stored.There is no test suite for
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