Posts, Post Types: When using Excerpt mode on the Posts list table, ensure the excerpt output matches what was manually entered into the Excerpt field.

Merges [39956] to the 4.7 branch.


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/branches/4.7@39990 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php

@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		echo "</strong>\n";
 
 		if ( ! is_post_type_hierarchical( $this->screen->post_type ) && 'excerpt' === $mode && current_user_can( 'read_post', $post->ID ) ) {
-			the_excerpt();
+			echo esc_html( get_the_excerpt() );
 		}
 
 		get_inline_data( $post );