Filter protocol-relative URLs in ExternalLinkFilter. Fixes issue #22742.

changelogs/unreleased/22742-filter-protocol-relative-urls.yml

+---
+title: 'Filter protocol-relative URLs in ExternalLinkFilter. Fixes issue #22742'
+merge_request: 6635
+author: Makoto Scott-Hinkle

lib/banzai/filter/external_link_filter.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Banzai
             node.set_attribute('href', href)
           end
-          if href =~ /\Ahttp(s)?:\/\// && external_url?(href)
+          if href =~ %r{\A(https?:)?//[^/]} && external_url?(href)
             node.set_attribute('rel', 'nofollow noreferrer')
             node.set_attribute('target', '_blank')
           end

spec/lib/banzai/filter/external_link_filter_spec.rb

@@ -80,4 +80,18 @@ describe Banzai::Filter::ExternalLinkFilter, lib: true do
       expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq(exp)
     end
   end
+
+  context 'for protocol-relative links' do
+    let(:doc) { filter %q(<p><a href="//google.com/">Google</a></p>) }
+
+    it 'adds rel="nofollow" to external links' do
+      expect(doc.at_css('a')).to have_attribute('rel')
+      expect(doc.at_css('a')['rel']).to include 'nofollow'
+    end
+
+    it 'adds rel="noreferrer" to external links' do
+      expect(doc.at_css('a')).to have_attribute('rel')
+      expect(doc.at_css('a')['rel']).to include 'noreferrer'
+    end
+  end
 end