diff --git a/common/framework/filters/filenamefilter.php b/common/framework/filters/filenamefilter.php
index becd5e3f7..dc5fee4eb 100644
--- a/common/framework/filters/filenamefilter.php
+++ b/common/framework/filters/filenamefilter.php
@@ -55,19 +55,34 @@ class FilenameFilter
 	 */
 	public static function cleanPath($path)
 	{
-		if (!preg_match('@^(?:[a-z]:[\\\\/]|\\\\|/)@i', $path))
+		// Convert relative paths to absolute paths.
+		if (!preg_match('@^(?:/|[a-z]:[\\\\/]|\\\\|https?:)@i', $path))
 		{
 			$path = \RX_BASEDIR . $path;
 		}
+		
+		// Convert backslashes to forward slashes.
 		$path = str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
+		
+		// Remove querystrings and URL fragments.
 		$path = preg_replace('@[\?#].+$@', '', $path);
-		$path = preg_replace('@/{2,}@', '/', $path);
+		
+		// Remove duplicate slashes, except at the beginning of a URL.
+		$path = preg_replace('@(?<!^|^http:|^https:)/{2,}@', '/', $path);
+		
+		// Remove sequences of three or more dots.
 		$path = preg_replace('@/\.{3,}/@', '/', $path);
+		
+		// Remove single dots.
 		$path = preg_replace('@/(\./)+@', '/', $path);
+		
+		// Remove double dots and the preceding directory.
 		while (preg_match('@/[^/]+/\.\.(?:/|$)@', $path, $matches))
 		{
 			$path = str_replace($matches[0], '/', $path);
 		}
+		
+		// Trim trailing slashes.
 		return rtrim($path, '/');
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/filters/FilenameFilterTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/filters/FilenameFilterTest.php
index 562bac0cc..ad3b374e3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/filters/FilenameFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/filters/FilenameFilterTest.php
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class FilenameFilterTest extends \Codeception\TestCase\Test
 		
 		// Test Windows paths.
 		$this->assertEquals('C:/Windows/Notepad.exe', FilenameFilter::cleanPath('C:\\Windows\\System32\\..\\Notepad.exe'));
+		$this->assertEquals('//vboxsrv/hello/world', FilenameFilter::cleanPath('\\\\vboxsrv\\hello\\world'));
+		
+		// Test absolute URLs.
+		$this->assertEquals('https://www.rhymix.org/foo/bar', FilenameFilter::cleanPath('https://www.rhymix.org/foo/.//bar'));
+		$this->assertEquals('//www.rhymix.org/foo/bar', FilenameFilter::cleanPath('//www.rhymix.org/foo/.//bar'));
 		
 		// Do not remove .. if there is no parent directory.
 		$this->assertEquals('C:/../foobar', FilenameFilter::cleanPath('C:\\..\foobar\\'));