diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php b/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php
index 3bceb22419..35cc9c9d22 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php
@@ -60,23 +60,17 @@ function wp_get_link_cats($link_id = 0) {
 }
 
 function get_link_to_edit( $link_id ) {
-	$link = get_link( $link_id );
-
-	$link->link_url         = clean_url($link->link_url);
-	$link->link_name        = attribute_escape($link->link_name);
-	$link->link_image       = attribute_escape($link->link_image);
-	$link->link_description = attribute_escape($link->link_description);
-	$link->link_rss         = clean_url($link->link_rss);
-	$link->link_rel         = attribute_escape($link->link_rel);
-	$link->link_notes       =  wp_specialchars($link->link_notes);
-	$link->post_category    = $link->link_category;
-
-	return $link;
+	return get_link( $link_id, OBJECT, 'edit' );
 }
 
 function wp_insert_link($linkdata) {
 	global $wpdb, $current_user;
 
+	$defaults = array('link_id' => 0, 'link_name' => '', 'link_url' => '', 'link_rating' => 0 );
+
+	$linkdata = wp_parse_args($linkdata, $defaults);
+	$linkdata = sanitize_bookmark($linkdata, 'db');
+
 	extract($linkdata, EXTR_SKIP);
 
 	$update = false;
@@ -84,53 +78,38 @@ function wp_insert_link($linkdata) {
 	if ( !empty($link_id) )
 		$update = true;
 
-	$link_id = (int) $link_id;
-
-	if( trim( $link_name ) == '' )
+	if ( trim( $link_name ) == '' )
 		return 0;
-	$link_name = apply_filters('pre_link_name', $link_name);
 
-	if( trim( $link_url ) == '' )
+	if ( trim( $link_url ) == '' )
 		return 0;
-	$link_url = apply_filters('pre_link_url', $link_url);
 
 	if ( empty($link_rating) )
 		$link_rating = 0;
-	else
-		$link_rating = (int) $link_rating;
 
 	if ( empty($link_image) )
 		$link_image = '';
-	$link_image = apply_filters('pre_link_image', $link_image);
 
 	if ( empty($link_target) )
 		$link_target = '';
-	$link_target = apply_filters('pre_link_target', $link_target);
 
 	if ( empty($link_visible) )
 		$link_visible = 'Y';
-	$link_visibile = preg_replace('/[^YNyn]/', '', $link_visible);
 
 	if ( empty($link_owner) )
 		$link_owner = $current_user->id;
-	else
-		$link_owner = (int) $link_owner;
 
 	if ( empty($link_notes) )
 		$link_notes = '';
-	$link_notes = apply_filters('pre_link_notes', $link_notes);
 
 	if ( empty($link_description) )
 		$link_description = '';
-	$link_description = apply_filters('pre_link_description', $link_description);
 
 	if ( empty($link_rss) )
 		$link_rss = '';
-	$link_rss = apply_filters('pre_link_rss', $link_rss);
 
 	if ( empty($link_rel) )
 		$link_rel = '';
-	$link_rel = apply_filters('pre_link_rel', $link_rel);
 
 	// Make sure we set a valid category
 	if (0 == count($link_category) || !is_array($link_category)) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-manager.php b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
index 8141af0f08..0033835cf5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-manager.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ $categories = get_terms('link_category', "hide_empty=1");
 $select_cat = "<select name=\"cat_id\">\n";
 $select_cat .= '<option value="all"'  . (($cat_id == 'all') ? " selected='selected'" : '') . '>' . __('All') . "</option>\n";
 foreach ((array) $categories as $cat)
-	$select_cat .= '<option value="' . $cat->term_id . '"' . (($cat->term_id == $cat_id) ? " selected='selected'" : '') . '>' . wp_specialchars(apply_filters('link_category', $cat->name)) . "</option>\n";
+	$select_cat .= '<option value="' . $cat->term_id . '"' . (($cat->term_id == $cat_id) ? " selected='selected'" : '') . '>' . sanitize_term_field('name', $cat->name, $cat->term_id, 'link_category', 'display') . "</option>\n";
 $select_cat .= "</select>\n";
 
 $select_order = "<select name=\"order_by\">\n";
@@ -131,9 +131,8 @@ if ( $links ) {
 	<tbody id="the-list">
 <?php
 	foreach ($links as $link) {
-		$link->link_name = attribute_escape(apply_filters('link_title', $link->link_name));
-		$link->link_description = wp_specialchars(apply_filters('link_description', $link->link_description));
-		$link->link_url = clean_url($link->link_url);
+		$link = sanitize_bookmark($link);
+		$link->link_name = attribute_escape($link->link_name);
 		$link->link_category = wp_get_link_cats($link->link_id);
 		$short_url = str_replace('http://', '', $link->link_url);
 		$short_url = str_replace('www.', '', $short_url);
@@ -159,8 +158,8 @@ if ( $links ) {
 					?><td><?php
 					$cat_names = array();
 					foreach ($link->link_category as $category) {
-						$cat = get_term($category, 'link_category');
-						$cat_name = wp_specialchars(apply_filters('link_category', $cat->name));
+						$cat = get_term($category, 'link_category', OBJECT, 'display');
+						$cat_name = $cat->name;
 						if ( $cat_id != $category )
 							$cat_name = "<a href='link-manager.php?cat_id=$category'>$cat_name</a>";
 						$cat_names[] = $cat_name;
diff --git a/wp-includes/bookmark.php b/wp-includes/bookmark.php
index d04cad3b5e..bb851cfb89 100644
--- a/wp-includes/bookmark.php
+++ b/wp-includes/bookmark.php
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
-function get_bookmark($bookmark_id, $output = OBJECT) {
+function get_bookmark($bookmark_id, $output = OBJECT, $filter = 'raw') {
 	global $wpdb;
 
 	$bookmark_id = (int) $bookmark_id;
 	$link = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_id = '$bookmark_id'");
 	$link->link_category = wp_get_link_cats($bookmark_id);
 
+	$link = sanitize_bookmark($link, $filter);
+	
 	if ( $output == OBJECT ) {
 		return $link;
 	} elseif ( $output == ARRAY_A ) {
@@ -18,6 +20,22 @@ function get_bookmark($bookmark_id, $output = OBJECT) {
 	}
 }
 
+function get_bookmark_field( $field, $bookmark, $context = 'display' ) {
+	$bookmark = (int) $bookmark;
+	$bookmark = get_bookmark( $bookmark );
+
+	if ( is_wp_error($bookmark) )
+		return $bookmark;
+
+	if ( !is_object($bookmark) )
+		return '';
+
+	if ( !isset($bookmark->$field) )
+		return '';
+
+	return sanitize_bookmark_field($field, $bookmark->$field, $bookmark->link_id, $context);
+}
+
 // Deprecate
 function get_link($bookmark_id, $output = OBJECT) {
 	return get_bookmark($bookmark_id, $output);
@@ -142,6 +160,67 @@ function get_bookmarks($args = '') {
 	return apply_filters('get_bookmarks', $results, $r);
 }
 
+function sanitize_bookmark($bookmark, $context = 'display') {
+	$fields = array('link_id', 'link_url', 'link_name', 'link_image', 'link_target', 'link_category',
+		'link_description', 'link_visible', 'link_owner', 'link_rating', 'link_updated',
+		'link_rel', 'link_notes', 'link_rss', );
+
+	$do_object = false;
+	if ( is_object($bookmark) )
+		$do_object = true;
+
+	foreach ( $fields as $field ) {
+		if ( $do_object )
+			$bookmark->$field = sanitize_bookmark_field($field, $bookmark->$field, $bookmark->link_id, $context);
+		else
+			$bookmark[$field] = sanitize_bookmark_field($field, $bookmark[$field], $bookmark['link_id'], $context);	
+	}
+
+	return $bookmark;
+}
+
+function sanitize_bookmark_field($field, $value, $bookmark_id, $context) {
+	$int_fields = array('link_id', 'link_rating');
+	if ( in_array($field, $int_fields) )
+		$value = (int) $value;
+
+	$yesno = array('link_visible');
+	if ( in_array($field, $yesno) )
+		$value = preg_replace('/[^YNyn]/', '', $value);
+
+	if ( 'link_target' == $field ) {
+		$targets = array('_top', '_blank');
+		if ( ! in_array($value, $targets) )
+			$value = '';		
+	}
+
+	if ( 'raw' == $context )
+		return $value;
+
+	if ( 'edit' == $context ) {
+		$format_to_edit = array('link_notes');
+		$value = apply_filters("edit_$field", $value, $bookmark_id);
+
+		if ( in_array($field, $format_to_edit) ) {
+			$value = format_to_edit($value);
+		} else {
+			$value = attribute_escape($value);
+		}
+	} else if ( 'db' == $context ) {
+		$value = apply_filters("pre_$field", $value);
+	} else {
+		// Use display filters by default.
+		$value = apply_filters($field, $value, $bookmark_id, $context);
+	}
+
+	if ( 'attribute' == $context )
+		$value = attribute_escape($value);
+	else if ( 'js' == $context )
+		$value = js_escape($value);
+
+	return $value;
+}
+
 function delete_get_bookmark_cache() {
 	wp_cache_delete( 'get_bookmarks', 'bookmark' );
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/default-filters.php b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
index 59892793d7..380669ef8f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-filters.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
@@ -1,142 +1,82 @@
 <?php
 
-// Some default filters
-add_filter('bloginfo','wp_specialchars');
-add_filter('term_description', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('category_description', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('list_cats', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('comment_author', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('comment_text', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('single_post_title', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('the_title', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('the_content', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('the_excerpt', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('bloginfo', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('pre_kses', 'wp_pre_kses_less_than');
+// Strip, trim, kses, special chars for string saves
+$filters = array('pre_term_name', 'pre_comment_author_name', 'pre_link_name', 'pre_link_target',
+	'pre_link_rel', 'pre_user_display_name', 'pre_user_first_name', 'pre_user_last_name',
+	'pre_user_nickname');
+foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
+	add_filter($filter, 'strip_tags');
+	add_filter($filter, 'trim');
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_filter_kses');
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_specialchars', 30);
+}
 
-// Comments, trackbacks, pingbacks
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_name', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_name', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_name', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
+// Kses only for textarea saves
+$filters = array('pre_term_description', 'pre_link_description', 'pre_link_notes', 'pre_user_description');
+foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_filter_kses');
+}
 
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_email', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_email', 'sanitize_email');
+// Email
+$filters = array('pre_comment_author_email', 'pre_user_email');
+foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
+	add_filter($filter, 'trim');
+	add_filter($filter, 'sanitize_email');
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_filter_kses');
+}
 
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_url', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_url', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_url', 'clean_url');
-
-add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'wp_rel_nofollow', 15);
-add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'balanceTags', 30);
-
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_name', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_email', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_comment_author_url', 'wp_filter_kses');
-
-add_action('comment_form', 'wp_comment_form_unfiltered_html_nonce');
-
-// Default filters for these functions
-add_filter('comment_author', 'wptexturize');
-add_filter('comment_author', 'convert_chars');
-add_filter('comment_author', 'wp_specialchars');
-
-add_filter('comment_email', 'antispambot');
-
-add_filter('comment_flood_filter', 'wp_throttle_comment_flood', 10, 3);
-
-add_filter('comment_url', 'clean_url');
-
-add_filter('comment_text', 'convert_chars');
-add_filter('comment_text', 'make_clickable', 9);
-add_filter('comment_text', 'force_balance_tags', 25);
-add_filter('comment_text', 'wpautop', 30);
-add_filter('comment_text', 'convert_smilies', 20);
-
-add_filter('comment_excerpt', 'convert_chars');
-
-// Terms
-add_filter('pre_term_name', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_term_name', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_term_name', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_term_name', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_term_description', 'wp_filter_kses');
-
-// Categories
-add_filter('pre_category_name', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_category_name', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_category_name', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_category_name', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_category_description', 'wp_filter_kses');
-
-//Links
-add_filter('pre_link_name', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_link_name', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_link_name', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_link_name', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_link_description', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_link_notes', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_link_url', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_link_url', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_link_url', 'clean_url');
-add_filter('pre_link_image', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_link_image', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_link_image', 'clean_url');
-add_filter('pre_link_rss', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_link_rss', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_link_rss', 'clean_url');
-add_filter('pre_link_target', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_link_target', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_link_target', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_link_target', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_link_rel', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_link_rel', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_link_rel', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_link_rel', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-
-// Users
-add_filter('pre_user_display_name', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_user_display_name', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_user_display_name', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_user_display_name', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_user_first_name', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_user_first_name', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_user_first_name', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_user_first_name', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_user_last_name', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_user_last_name', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_user_last_name', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_user_last_name', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_user_description', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_user_url', 'strip_tags');
-add_filter('pre_user_url', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_user_url', 'clean_url');
-add_filter('pre_user_email', 'trim');
-add_filter('pre_user_email', 'sanitize_email');
+// URL
+$filters = array('pre_comment_author_url', 'pre_user_url', 'pre_link_url', 'pre_link_image',
+	'pre_link_rss', 'comment_url');
+foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
+	add_filter($filter, 'strip_tags');
+	add_filter($filter, 'trim');
+	add_filter($filter, 'clean_url');
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_filter_kses');
+}
 
 // Places to balance tags on input
-add_filter('content_save_pre', 'balanceTags', 50);
-add_filter('excerpt_save_pre', 'balanceTags', 50);
-add_filter('comment_save_pre', 'balanceTags', 50);
+$filters = array('content_save_pre', 'excerpt_save_pre', 'comment_save_pre', 'pre_comment_content');
+foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
+	add_filter( $filter, 'balanceTags', 50);
+}
 
-// Misc. title, content, and excerpt filters
+// Format strings for display.
+$filters = array('comment_author', 'term_name', 'term_description', 'link_name', 'link_description',
+	'link_notes', 'bloginfo');
+foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
+	add_filter($filter, 'wptexturize');
+	add_filter($filter, 'convert_chars');
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_specialchars');
+}
+
+// Display filters
+add_filter('the_title', 'wptexturize');
 add_filter('the_title', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('the_title', 'trim');
 
+add_filter('the_content', 'wptexturize');
 add_filter('the_content', 'convert_smilies');
 add_filter('the_content', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('the_content', 'wpautop');
 
+add_filter('the_excerpt', 'wptexturize');
 add_filter('the_excerpt', 'convert_smilies');
 add_filter('the_excerpt', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('the_excerpt', 'wpautop');
 add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
 
-add_filter('sanitize_title', 'sanitize_title_with_dashes');
+add_filter('comment_text', 'wptexturize');
+add_filter('comment_text', 'convert_chars');
+add_filter('comment_text', 'make_clickable', 9);
+add_filter('comment_text', 'force_balance_tags', 25);
+add_filter('comment_text', 'convert_smilies', 20);
+add_filter('comment_text', 'wpautop', 30);
+
+add_filter('comment_excerpt', 'convert_chars');
+
+add_filter('list_cats', 'wptexturize');
+add_filter('single_post_title', 'wptexturize');
 
 // RSS filters
 add_filter('the_title_rss', 'strip_tags');
@@ -146,8 +86,8 @@ add_filter('the_content_rss', 'ent2ncr', 8);
 add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'ent2ncr', 8);
 add_filter('comment_author_rss', 'ent2ncr', 8);
-add_filter('comment_text_rss', 'wp_specialchars');
 add_filter('comment_text_rss', 'ent2ncr', 8);
+add_filter('comment_text_rss', 'wp_specialchars');
 add_filter('bloginfo_rss', 'ent2ncr', 8);
 add_filter('the_author', 'ent2ncr', 8);
 
@@ -158,11 +98,11 @@ add_filter('option_home', '_config_wp_home');
 add_filter('option_siteurl', '_config_wp_siteurl');
 add_filter('mce_plugins', '_mce_load_rtl_plugin');
 add_filter('mce_buttons', '_mce_add_direction_buttons');
-
-// Redirect Old Slugs
-add_action('template_redirect', 'wp_old_slug_redirect');
-add_action('edit_post', 'wp_check_for_changed_slugs');
-add_action('edit_form_advanced', 'wp_remember_old_slug');
+add_filter('pre_kses', 'wp_pre_kses_less_than');
+add_filter('sanitize_title', 'sanitize_title_with_dashes');
+add_filter('comment_flood_filter', 'wp_throttle_comment_flood', 10, 3);
+add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'wp_rel_nofollow', 15);
+add_filter('comment_email', 'antispambot');
 
 // Actions
 add_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
@@ -189,5 +129,10 @@ add_action('future_post', '_future_post_hook', 5, 2);
 add_action('future_page', '_future_post_hook', 5, 2);
 add_action('save_post', '_save_post_hook', 5, 2);
 add_action('transition_post_status', '_transition_post_status', 5, 3);
+add_action('comment_form', 'wp_comment_form_unfiltered_html_nonce');
+// Redirect Old Slugs
+add_action('template_redirect', 'wp_old_slug_redirect');
+add_action('edit_post', 'wp_check_for_changed_slugs');
+add_action('edit_form_advanced', 'wp_remember_old_slug');
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 0e4070d715..cf5d228ccb 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -477,7 +477,10 @@ function sanitize_post_field($field, $value, $post_id, $context) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Use display filters by default.
-		$value = apply_filters("post_$field", $value, $post_id, $context);
+		if ( $prefixed )
+			$value = apply_filters($field, $value, $post_id, $context);
+		else
+			$value = apply_filters("post_$field", $value, $post_id, $context);
 	}
 
 	if ( 'attribute' == $context )
diff --git a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 07805d7bda..b12708e37f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function get_objects_in_term( $terms, $taxonomies, $args = array() ) {
  *      This won't appear but just a note to say that this is all conjecture and parts or whole
  *      might be inaccurate or wrong.
  */
-function &get_term(&$term, $taxonomy, $output = OBJECT) {
+function &get_term(&$term, $taxonomy, $output = OBJECT, $filter = 'raw') {
 	global $wpdb;
 
 	if ( empty($term) )
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ function &get_term(&$term, $taxonomy, $output = OBJECT) {
 
 	$_term = apply_filters('get_term', $_term, $taxonomy);
 	$_term = apply_filters("get_$taxonomy", $_term, $taxonomy);
+	$_term = sanitize_term($_term, $taxonomy, $filter);
 
 	if ( $output == OBJECT ) {
 		return $_term;
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ function is_term($term, $taxonomy = '') {
 }
 
 function sanitize_term($term, $taxonomy, $context = 'display') {
-	$fields = array('term_id', 'name', 'description', 'slug', 'count', 'term_group');
+	$fields = array('term_id', 'name', 'description', 'slug', 'count', 'parent', 'term_group');
 
 	$do_object = false;
 	if ( is_object($term) )