PHP link question

[sphinx]

Hi there!

 

I'm not sure which section this questions belongs in however, it seems to fit well in PHP.

 

Basically, I'm using this link to directly log me into the cPanel webmail:

 

http://website.com:2095/login?user=email@website.com&pass=123

 

Which would log me into webmail with the details as:

username: email@website.com

password: 123

 

This works perfectly on FireFox, but on Internet Explorer, the popup login box still occurs.

 

Why is this?

 

Thanks

[xtopolis]

It's probably logging you in based on cookies, not that link.

[doddsey_65]

Login values ( username and password ) are never passed through the URL, and I'd be very suprised if they were. Like said above its probably due to the fact that firefox has thelogin cookies so it logs you in, but IE doesn't.

[sphinx]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it actually is, check this out (you must use firefox though):

 

http://kadio.co.uk:2095/login?user=phpfreaks@kadio.co.uk&pass=123

[xtopolis]

Ok

Works in chrome 14.0.835.202 m

Works in IE: 9.0.8112.16421

 

by clicking that link you sent me.  The fact that that works scares me.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The php code is either using $_REQUEST (instead of $_POST) or it has register_globals turned on, both of which should be avoided.

 

For either case, it also means that the code is not testing if the (any) form was submitted before using any of the submitted data.

 

Edit: The site is also using basic HTTP authentication (the first popup login box) and I would guess is likely rewriting or redirecting the URL to supply it with a URL something like http://username:password@kadio.co.uk:2095