diff --git a/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/spellchecker/tinyspell.php b/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/spellchecker/tinyspell.php
index a154598f80..80f8706ad9 100755
--- a/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/spellchecker/tinyspell.php
+++ b/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/spellchecker/tinyspell.php
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
 
 	// Get input parameters.
 
-	$check = urldecode($_REQUEST['check']);
-	$cmd = sanitize($_REQUEST['cmd']);
-	$lang = sanitize($_REQUEST['lang'], "strict");
-	$mode = sanitize($_REQUEST['mode'], "strict");
-	$spelling = sanitize($_REQUEST['spelling'], "strict");
-	$jargon = sanitize($_REQUEST['jargon'], "strict");
-	$encoding = sanitize($_REQUEST['encoding'], "strict");
-	$sg = sanitize($_REQUEST['sg'], "bool");
+	$check = urldecode(getRequestParam('check'));
+	$cmd = sanitize(getRequestParam('cmd'));
+	$lang = sanitize(getRequestParam('lang'), "strict");
+	$mode = sanitize(getRequestParam('mode'), "strict");
+	$spelling = sanitize(getRequestParam('spelling'), "strict");
+	$jargon = sanitize(getRequestParam('jargon'), "strict");
+	$encoding = sanitize(getRequestParam('encoding'), "strict");
+	$sg = sanitize(getRequestParam('sg'), "bool");
 	$words = array();
 
 	$validRequest = true;
@@ -83,6 +83,28 @@
 		return $str;
 	}
 
+	function getRequestParam($name, $default_value = false) {
+		if (!isset($_REQUEST[$name]))
+			return $default_value;
+
+		if (!isset($_GLOBALS['magic_quotes_gpc']))
+			$_GLOBALS['magic_quotes_gpc'] = ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc");
+
+		if (isset($_GLOBALS['magic_quotes_gpc'])) {
+			if (is_array($_REQUEST[$name])) {
+				$newarray = array();
+
+				foreach($_REQUEST[$name] as $name => $value)
+					$newarray[stripslashes($name)] = stripslashes($value);
+
+				return $newarray;
+			}
+			return stripslashes($_REQUEST[$name]);
+		}
+
+		return $_REQUEST[$name];
+	}
+
 	$result = array();
 	$tinyspell = new $spellCheckerConfig['class']($spellCheckerConfig, $lang, $mode, $spelling, $jargon, $encoding);