Is this a loophole? (1 Viewer)

[MuffinMan]

Yeah when i was resetting my password i noticed that all you had to do was put ur email in and it will get sent to you...so theoretically u can type another persons username and ur own email and u can access their account...is that so? if that is so...then it should be fixed...cause someone tried to go in my account i think...i couldnt access it with my previous password and had to reset it....

 

[MuffinMan]

if it is...fix it soon *sigh*

 

[miss_b]

I assume the email and the user name needs to match...

 

[sunny]

The email address is matched with the email address on file - ie, it uses the email address like a password. The email typed in is matched against the email on file against that username. If they match, the password is sent to that email address only - not some random address you typed in.

edit: unless you're talking about the retrieve password page, where you just type in an email address. It'll send the login details of the account that has this particular email address, so only that person will receive it.

 

[MuffinMan]

ok thanks...cause i couldnt access my acct with my old password while using mozilla...quite weird actually

 

[santaslayer]

unless someone else has access to ur email account?

 

[xeuyrawp]

unless someone else has access to ur email account?

What else is the option? Put in your login and phone number?

 

[suger_plum]

phone number?
ive never seen that

 

[xeuyrawp]

phone number?
ive never seen that

What? You seem lost...

 

[suger_plum]

i am not lost
i am on bos

 

[xeuyrawp]

i am not lost
i am on bos

hahahah. That is great.

 

[suger_plum]

thankyou, i would rep you
BUT I CANT!

 

[santaslayer]

Oh my goodness. Who the hell would create an honesty based system where a password gets emailed to any given email address. That wouldn't be exploited at all would it? Of course it's not like that..

We live in La La Land.

 

[mossup]

phone number?
ive never seen that

oh dear......we are slow today aren't we! or is it like this all the time?

 

[xeuyrawp]

oh dear......we are slow today aren't we! or is it like this all the time?

Oh I'd say all the time. Sugar is our Bored Blonde, so to speak.

Before I get off fruit thrown at me, I'll remind you all that I'm also blonde

 

[mossup]

haha i see. so thats why people let it slip!

 

[xeuyrawp]

haha i see. so thats why people let it slip!

I used to fight it. Then I realised it was like smashing my head against my monitor every time I tried to get some sort of sense out of it.

 

[mossup]

HAhahahahahahHA HA!

shocking.