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A few user-submitted fields across the directories are presented and handled as plain text, but are stored as a post's post_content. That routes them through the post allow-list on save even though they are never meant to carry markup. This normalizes them to the plain text they are, at the point each is written:

  • Photo Directory — the submission form's "Alternative Text" is sanitized with sanitize_textarea_field() on the fu_before_create_post hook the plugin already registers.
  • Support Forums — the "Report topic" reason is sanitized with sanitize_textarea_field() where the report post is written, and the topic id passed alongside it is cast.
  • Themes — the style.css Description header has shortcodes stripped before it is stored, so a one-line description is not run through the the_content shortcode chain on the public theme page.

Each change is scoped to the writer and leaves the allowed presentation of these fields unchanged. Existing stored values are not rewritten.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved report submission handling by using validated report-reason values when recording moderation history.
    • Removed shortcodes from newly submitted theme descriptions for cleaner content.
    • Improved sanitization of submitted photo descriptions before they are saved.

obenland and others added 3 commits August 28, 2026 15:41
The submission form's "Alternative Text" is presented and handled as a
plain-text field, but it is stored as the photo post's content, so only the
post allow-list runs over it. Reduce it to plain text on the
`fu_before_create_post` hook the plugin already registers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The "Report topic" reason is a plain-text note shown to moderators, but it is
stored as the report post's content, so only the post allow-list runs over it.
Sanitize it with `sanitize_textarea_field()` where the report is written, and
cast the topic id passed alongside it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The style.css "Description" header is stored as the theme post's content and
rendered through `the_content`, so `do_shortcode()` runs over it on the public
theme page. Strip shortcodes as the header is stored: a one-line description is
not body content and should not ride the shortcode chain.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The changes sanitize photo descriptions, pass validated report term IDs to moderation history, and remove shortcodes from new theme descriptions.

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Photo description sanitization
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/photo-directory/inc/uploads.php
Submitted photo content is unslashed, sanitized as textarea text, and re-slashed before post creation. The sanitization callback runs before the pending-status callback.
Validated submission processing
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/support-forums/inc/class-report-topic.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-wporg-themes-upload.php
Forum reports pass the validated taxonomy term ID to add_modlook_history(). New theme descriptions pass through strip_shortcodes() before insertion.

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- Line 105: Update the add_filter call in the uploads filter registration to use
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Comment thread wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/photo-directory/inc/uploads.php Outdated
obenland and others added 4 commits August 28, 2026 15:57
Frontend Uploader is only wired up for photo submissions here, and the sibling
`make_post_pending_instead_of_private()` already treats every submission as one
unconditionally. Guarding on the array's `post_type` key only added a path where
the sanitizer silently no-ops if that key is ever absent, so sanitize whenever a
`post_content` value is present.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Use a single space after the comma in the added `add_filter()` call, and pass
the already-validated report term object's id to `add_modlook_history()` rather
than re-reading the raw request value.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keeps the two `fu_before_create_post` registrations consistent now that the new
one uses standards-compliant single spacing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Restore the post-type check so the filter only rewrites photo submissions, the
one Frontend Uploader form the site has, rather than every post the hook fires
for. The check reads the array's own post_type, which the uploader sets before
this filter runs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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