Title: WP 2.8.2 bug?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP 2.8.2 bug?

 *  [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/)
 * (@useshots)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/)
 * This must be a bug introduced in WP 2.8.2 that attempts to fix the XSS vulnerability
   in comment author’s URLs.
 * When I click “edit” on comments with existing comment author’s URL, the “Edit
   Comment” form comes up with an empty “website” field. And when I save the modification,
   the site URL is no longer there.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149308)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems.
 *  Thread Starter [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/)
 * (@useshots)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149328)
 * It’s not plugins. It’s the WP admin itself. It’s the admins “Edit Comments” form
   that loses the URL of the commenter.
 * Anyway, I tried to disable all plugins and it wouldn’t help.
 *  Thread Starter [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/)
 * (@useshots)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149332)
 * It’s indeed a **bug**.
 * I checked the change in the source files and found the bug in **/wp-admin/edit-
   form-comment.php** file.
 * In the previous version they had a variable **$url**
 * `$url = get_comment_author_url();`
 * But in WP 2.8.2, they removed that line but still use the (now undefined) **$
   url** variable as a value of the “URL” edit box:
 * `<td><input type="text" id="newcomment_author_url" name="newcomment_author_url"
   size="30" class="code" value="<?php echo esc_attr($url); ?>" tabindex="3" /></
   td>`
 * Not sure how to submit it to WordPress developers. I checked the latest SVN version
   and the bug is still there.
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149342)
 * Raised for you as [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10466](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10466)
 *  Thread Starter [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/)
 * (@useshots)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149348)
 * Thanks. Looks like the bug fix will be available in 2.8.3
 *  [TTK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ttk_2k/)
 * (@ttk_2k)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149374)
 * I too have just noticed this problem. I tried on other blogs I have, and believe
   it’s a bug. Thanks.
 *  [mattjabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattjabs/)
 * (@mattjabs)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149378)
 * I cannot edit comments at all after upgrading to 2.8.2.
 * I deactivated all plugins, switched to the default theme, and I am still unable
   to edit comments.
 * As an aside, I am also unable to add tags to posts. I can add them, but when 
   I do “update post” or “publish”, they disappear again and are not added after
   all.
 * Any advice on how I can remedy these?
 *  [mattjabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattjabs/)
 * (@mattjabs)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-282-bug/#post-1149380)
 * Nevermind.
 * I used the solution given on this forum post: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/275443?replies=9](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/275443?replies=9)
 * It worked.

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