fix(sanitization): scope allowlist to the rich content path

[thetaPC]

Issue number: N/A

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What is the current behavior?

The attribute allowlist in core/src/utils/sanitization is shared between sanitizeDOMString and sanitizeDOMTree. The rich content work broadened it from 6 attributes to the full component and SVG set plus aria-* and data-*. Because sanitizeDOMString is also used by ion-toast, ion-loading, the ion-alert message, ion-refresher-content, and ion-infinite-scroll-content, those components keep attributes that were previously stripped when innerHTMLTemplatesEnabled is on.

renderClonedContent is the only place that sanitizes content for callers that pass an HTMLElement straight to renderOptionLabel, but the surrounding cloneToVNode comment implies sanitization always happens upstream, so the call looks redundant and could be removed.

The ion-select-option disabled JSDoc states the property does not apply to interface="action-sheet", which is no longer accurate.

What is the new behavior?

• Scope the broadened allowlist to sanitizeDOMTree (the select rich content path). sanitizeDOMString reverts to its original narrow allowlist, so sanitization output is unchanged for toast, loading, the alert message, refresher content, and infinite scroll content. The shared dangerous vector scrubbing (style removal, script scheme checks, data: URI filtering) still applies to both paths.
• Add a regression test asserting sanitizeDOMString strips attributes that are only allowed on the rich content path.
• Add a note above the sanitizeDOMTree call in renderClonedContent explaining it is the only sanitization pass for direct HTMLElement callers and must not be removed.
• Remove the stale action sheet note from the ion-select-option disabled prop JSDoc, since action sheet options now honor disabled.

Does this introduce a breaking change?

• Yes
• No

Other information

Follow-up to the select rich content work (FW-7599) addressing review feedback. The allowlist change restores the prior sanitization behavior for the non-select consumers rather than changing it, so there is no user facing behavior change for those components.

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[ShaneK]

Looks good to me! Awesome work 🎉