1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Template.pm b/Bugzilla/Template.pm
index 56d31dd2d..6f7900054 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Template.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Template.pm
@@ -678,6 +678,18 @@ sub create {
                 my ($data) = @_;
                 return encode_base64($data);
             },
+
+            # Strips out control characters excepting whitespace
+            strip_control_chars => sub {
+                my ($data) = @_;
+                state $use_utf8 = Bugzilla->params->{'utf8'};
+                # Only run for utf8 to avoid issues with other multibyte encodings 
+                # that may be reassigning meaning to ascii characters.
+                if ($use_utf8) {
+                    $data =~ s/(?![\t\r\n])[[:cntrl:]]//g;
+                }
+                return $data;
+            },
             
             # HTML collapses newlines in element attributes to a single space,
             # so form elements which may have whitespace (ie comments) need