Players have access to formatting codes like &k

[OJCream]

Describe the bug
Every single player has access to formatting commands in general chat despite not having the permission to do so from essentials, vchat, nor interactive chat.
Interactive chat parses the & and translates it to the other sign that minecraft recognizes now so the only fix I've found so far is to completely disable the translation but that does not solve the issue without leaving players access to color codes.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Be deop'd
2. try &ktest

Expected behavior
Players should not have access to formatting codes but should have access to color codes

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Additional context
I've ruled out vchat completely on the test server, I tried creating a filter for it the chat filter, I tried removing .format from essentials config completely and flipping some of the options, and i've disabled the translation in interactive chat

[Roman-Emperor-42]

Likely going to swap chat plugins.