Changeset 49396 for branches/5.0/src/wp-includes/meta.php

Timestamp:

10/29/2020 06:50:55 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

whyisjake

Message:

General: WordPress updates

• XML-RPC: Improve error messages for unprivileged users.
• External Libraries: Disable deserialization in Requests_Utility_FilteredIterator
• Embeds: Disable embeds on deactivated Multisite sites.
• Coding standards: Modify escaping functions to avoid potential false positives.
• XML-RPC: Return error message if attachment ID is incorrect.
• Upgrade/install: Improve logic check when determining installation status.
• Meta: Sanitize meta key before checking protection status.
• Themes: Ensure that only privileged users can set a background image when a theme is using the deprecated custom background page.

Brings the changes from [49380,49382-49388] to the 5.0 branch.

Props xknown, zieladam, peterwilsoncc, whyisjake, desrosj, dd32.

Location:

branches/5.0

Files:

• . (modified) (1 prop)
• src/wp-includes/meta.php (modified) (1 diff)

branches/5.0/src/wp-includes/meta.php

@@ -994 +994 @@
  * @return bool True if the key is protected, false otherwise.
  */
-function is_protected_meta( $meta_key, $meta_type = null ) {
-    $protected = ( '_' == $meta_key[0] );
+function is_protected_meta( $meta_key, $meta_type = '' ) {
+    $sanitized_key = preg_replace( "/[^\x20-\x7E\p{L}]/", '', $meta_key );
+    $protected     = strlen( $sanitized_key ) > 0 && ( '_' === $sanitized_key[0] );
 
     /**