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Missing escaping for XML error message #65047 #11527

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output in XML without escaping
maheshpatel27 Apr 9, 2026
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Update src/wp-trackback.php
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echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?' . ">\n";
echo "<response>\n";
echo "<error>1</error>\n";
echo "<message>$error_message</message>\n";
echo "<message>" . esc_xml( $error_message ) . "</message>\n";

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String "<message>" does not require double quotes; use single quotes instead
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To resolve the PHPCS complaint:

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echo "<message>" . esc_xml( $error_message ) . "</message>\n";
echo '<message>' . esc_xml( $error_message ) . "</message>\n";

echo '</response>';
die();
} else {
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