diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index 51fb6798b77e..5316e87be0fa 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ function wp_safe_redirect($location, $status = 302) {
  * @return string redirect-sanitized URL
  **/
 function wp_validate_redirect($location, $default = '') {
-	$location = trim( $location );
+	$location = trim( $location, " \t\n\r\0\x08\x0B" );
 	// browsers will assume 'http' is your protocol, and will obey a redirect to a URL starting with '//'
 	if ( substr($location, 0, 2) == '//' )
 		$location = 'http:' . $location;