#1714 closed defect (bug) (fixed)
changing the password to something with the char \ will cause login to fail
| Reported by: | daf | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | high | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Security | Version: | 1.5.2 |
| Severity: | critical | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Focuses: |
Description
This is probably becouse of php C like \ directives, so \n \0 etc will cause the function to fail and make login in impossible until password reset.
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The attached file is a patch to apply to admin-functions.php that checks the password for the "\" character and reports an error if it's used.