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Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
#1: May 1st 2015 at 12:34:22 PM

When viewing the source markup of a wiki page, < and > characters aren't properly escaped. This causes bits of the text to be incorrectly interpreted as HTML tags, usually invalid ones (e.g. Spell.Real Life), though there are worse ways this bug could be conceivably be abused.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: Feb 18th 2016 at 6:12:37 AM

~Prfnoff, is this still an issue?

Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Feb 18th 2016 at 6:37:32 AM

I just double-checked the source of Spell.Real Life, and it looks like the bug's been fixed.

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#4: Feb 18th 2016 at 7:56:52 AM

OK, closing then.

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