diff --cc composer.json
index 179cae1,179cae1..f634264
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@@ -8,7 -8,7 +8,7 @@@
          "vboctor/disposable_email_checker": "^3.0",
          "adodb/adodb-php": "^5.20",
          "phpmailer/phpmailer": "^5.2.22",
--        "erusev/parsedown": "^1.7.0",
++        "erusev/parsedown": "^1.6",
          "dapphp/securimage": "dev-mantis"
      },
      "require-dev": {
diff --cc composer.lock
index 8f44439,8f44439..9879157
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@@ -4,7 -4,7 +4,7 @@@
          "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
          "This file is @generated automatically"
      ],
--    "content-hash": "493a9911b0f5109b5f4b73997648e7be",
++    "content-hash": "acd102d3211c0308e763376e7be54d78",
      "packages": [
          {
              "name": "adodb/adodb-php",
@@@ -142,25 -142,25 +142,21 @@@
          },
          {
              "name": "erusev/parsedown",
--            "version": "1.7.1",
++            "version": "1.6.3",
              "source": {
                  "type": "git",
                  "url": "https://github.com/erusev/parsedown.git",
--                "reference": "92e9c27ba0e74b8b028b111d1b6f956a15c01fc1"
++                "reference": "728952b90a333b5c6f77f06ea9422b94b585878d"
              },
              "dist": {
                  "type": "zip",
--                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/erusev/parsedown/zipball/92e9c27ba0e74b8b028b111d1b6f956a15c01fc1",
--                "reference": "92e9c27ba0e74b8b028b111d1b6f956a15c01fc1",
++                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/erusev/parsedown/zipball/728952b90a333b5c6f77f06ea9422b94b585878d",
++                "reference": "728952b90a333b5c6f77f06ea9422b94b585878d",
                  "shasum": ""
              },
              "require": {
--                "ext-mbstring": "*",
                  "php": ">=5.3.0"
              },
--            "require-dev": {
--                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.35"
--            },
              "type": "library",
              "autoload": {
                  "psr-0": {
@@@ -184,7 -184,7 +180,7 @@@
                  "markdown",
                  "parser"
              ],
--            "time": "2018-03-08T01:11:30+00:00"
++            "time": "2017-05-14T14:47:48+00:00"
          },
          {
              "name": "guzzlehttp/guzzle",
diff --cc plugins/MantisCoreFormatting/core/MantisMarkdown.php
index 6d96174,e937edd..18958bb
--- a/plugins/MantisCoreFormatting/core/MantisMarkdown.php
+++ b/plugins/MantisCoreFormatting/core/MantisMarkdown.php
@@@ -66,9 -66,9 +66,6 @@@ class MantisMarkdown extends Parsedow
  
  		# set the table class
  		$this->table_class = 'table table-nonfluid';
--
--		# XSS protection
--		$this->setSafeMode( true );
  	}
  
  	/**