Ticket #36710: 36710.2.diff

src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php

@@ -332 +332 @@
                 }
                 $file = str_replace( '\\', '/', $file ); // for win32, occasional problems deleting files otherwise
 
-                if ( 'f' == $type || $this->is_file( $file ) ) {
-                        return @unlink( $file );
+                if ( 'f' == $type || $this->is_file( $file ) || $this->is_link( $file ) ) {
+                        // rtrim() needed to remove symlinks successfully.
+                        return @unlink( rtrim( $file, '/' ) );
                 }
                 if ( ! $recursive && $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
                         return @rmdir( $file );
@@ -383 +384 @@
                 return @is_file( $file );
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Checks if resource is a symbolic link.
+         *
+         * @since 5.3.0
+         *
+         * @param string $file File path.
+         * @return bool Whether $file is a symbolic link.
+         */
+        public function is_link( $file ) {
+                // Strip trailing slashes, to avoid directory symlinks resolving.
+                return @is_link( rtrim( $file, '/' ) );
+        }
+
         /**
          * Checks if resource is a directory.
          *
@@ -557 +571 @@
          * }
          */
         public function dirlist( $path, $include_hidden = true, $recursive = false ) {
-                if ( $this->is_file( $path ) ) {
+                if ( $this->is_dir( $path ) && $this->is_link( $path ) ) {
+                        // Directory is symlink, therefore return no listing.
+                        return array();
+                }
+                elseif ( $this->is_file( $path ) || $this->is_link( $path ) ) {
                         $limit_file = basename( $path );
                         $path       = dirname( $path );
                 } else {
@@ -602 +620 @@
                         $struc['time']        = gmdate( 'h:i:s', $struc['lastmodunix'] );
                         $struc['type']        = $this->is_dir( $path . '/' . $entry ) ? 'd' : 'f';
 
-                        if ( 'd' == $struc['type'] ) {
+                        if ( 'd' == $struc['type'] && ! $this->is_link( $path . '/' . $struc['name'] ) ) {
                                 if ( $recursive ) {
                                         $struc['files'] = $this->dirlist( $path . '/' . $struc['name'], $include_hidden, $recursive );
                                 } else {