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@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ acknowledge your responsible disclosure, if you wish.
 
 ## History
 
+> The `extractProtocol` method does not return the correct protocol when
+> provided with unsanitized content which could lead to false positives.
+
+- **Reporter credits**
+  - Reported through our security email & Twitter interaction.
+  - Twitter: [@ronperris](https://twitter.com/ronperris)
+  - Fixed in: 1.4.5
+
+---
+
 > url-parse returns wrong hostname which leads to multiple vulnerabilities such
 > as SSRF, Open Redirect, Bypass Authentication Protocol.
 
 
@@ -2,8 +2,20 @@
 
 var required = require('requires-port')
   , qs = require('querystringify')
+  , slashes = /^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+-.]*:\/\//
   , protocolre = /^([a-z][a-z0-9.+-]*:)?(\/\/)?([\S\s]*)/i
-  , slashes = /^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+-.]*:\/\//;
+  , whitespace = '[\\x09\\x0A\\x0B\\x0C\\x0D\\x20\\xA0\\u1680\\u180E\\u2000\\u2001\\u2002\\u2003\\u2004\\u2005\\u2006\\u2007\\u2008\\u2009\\u200A\\u202F\\u205F\\u3000\\u2028\\u2029\\uFEFF]'
+  , left = new RegExp('^'+ whitespace +'+');
+
+/**
+ * Trim a given string.
+ *
+ * @param {String} str String to trim.
+ * @public
+ */
+function trimLeft(str) {
+  return (str || '').replace(left, '');
+}
 
 /**
  * These are the parse rules for the URL parser, it informs the parser
@@ -102,6 +114,7 @@ function lolcation(loc) {
  * @private
  */
 function extractProtocol(address) {
+  address = trimLeft(address);
   var match = protocolre.exec(address);
 
   return {
@@ -162,6 +175,8 @@ function resolve(relative, base) {
  * @private
  */
 function Url(address, location, parser) {
+  address = trimLeft(address);
+
   if (!(this instanceof Url)) {
     return new Url(address, location, parser);
   }
@@ -429,6 +444,7 @@ Url.prototype = { set: set, toString: toString };
 //
 Url.extractProtocol = extractProtocol;
 Url.location = lolcation;
+Url.trimLeft = trimLeft;
 Url.qs = qs;
 
 module.exports = Url;
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ describe('url-parse', function () {
 
   describe('extractProtocol', function () {
     it('extracts the protocol data', function () {
+      assume(parse.extractProtocol('http://example.com')).eql({
+        slashes: true,
+        protocol: 'http:',
+        rest: 'example.com'
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the protocol data for nothing', function () {
       assume(parse.extractProtocol('')).eql({
         slashes: false,
         protocol: '',
@@ -60,6 +68,14 @@ describe('url-parse', function () {
         rest: input
       });
     });
+
+    it('trimsLeft', function () {
+      assume(parse.extractProtocol(' javascript://foo')).eql({
+        slashes: true,
+        protocol: 'javascript:',
+        rest: 'foo'
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   it('parses the query string into an object', function () {