diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index eb67e4827e..b9de5273d7 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -2000,6 +2000,8 @@ function sanitize_title_with_dashes( $title, $raw_title = '', $context = 'displa
 		$title = str_replace( array( '%c2%a0', '%e2%80%93', '%e2%80%94' ), '-', $title );
 		// Convert nbsp, ndash and mdash HTML entities to hyphens
 		$title = str_replace( array( ' ', ' ', '–', '–', '—', '—' ), '-', $title );
+		// Convert forward slash to hyphen
+		$title = str_replace( '/', '-', $title );
 
 		// Strip these characters entirely
 		$title = str_replace( array(
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeTitleWithDashes.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeTitleWithDashes.php
index d0797e2da7..20c1026d6f 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeTitleWithDashes.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeTitleWithDashes.php
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ class Tests_Formatting_SanitizeTitleWithDashes extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals("just-a-slug", sanitize_title_with_dashes("Just ™ a Slug", '', 'save'));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 10792
+	 */
+	function test_replaces_forward_slash() {
+		$this->assertEquals("songs-by-lennon-mccartney", sanitize_title_with_dashes("songs by Lennon/McCartney", '', 'save'));
+		$this->assertEquals("songs-by-lennon-mccartney", sanitize_title_with_dashes("songs by Lennon//McCartney", '', 'save'));
+		$this->assertEquals("songs-by-lennon-mccartney", sanitize_title_with_dashes("songs by Lennon///McCartney", '', 'save'));
+		$this->assertEquals("songs-by-lennon-mccartney", sanitize_title_with_dashes("songs by Lennon/-McCartney", '', 'save'));
+		$this->assertEquals("songs-by-lennon-mccartney", sanitize_title_with_dashes("//songs by Lennon/McCartney", '', 'save'));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @ticket 19820
 	 */