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Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
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Invalid | Wikinaut | T3932 [DO NOT USE] ENotif/EConfirm & further enhancements (tracking) [superseded by #MediaWiki-Email] | |||
Open | Feature | None | T28227 Notify user by email when password changed |
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Currently we have an account swiping problem. If someone gains access to a session, they can escalate that to exclusive full account control by changing the e-mail and using password reset. This process has no notifications (which should be in place) to warn the user that their account has been swiped.
I'd argue requiring a password to change the email would be a much more effective means to prevent that attack though.
(In reply to comment #7)
(In reply to comment #3)
Why would you want to disable that?
Because I don't like getting extra e-mails? Especially when it's about an action I initiated myself.
Because I don't like getting extra e-mails? Especially when it's about an
action I initiated myself.
I think you /would/ want that in case it wasn't you who initiated it. How often do you change your password? I don't think most people have ever changed their password. Much less doing so often enough to be annoying.
ashishmittal.mail wrote:
Hello,
I would like to solve this bug. I believe solving this would require editing of execute() in Special:ChangePassword file to add a sendmail() function along with creation of some messages (in MessagesEN.php) which would form the body of the mail as parameters to sendmail(). This process would be somewhat similar to what has been implemented in PasswordReset. Kindly guide if this is the correct approach and I should go ahead with it.
Thanks,
Aashish
Maybe I should remove the tag, because I need to refactor that patch before it can be merged anyway.
Hi, sorry for this question...but I want to change my Phabricator password and I can´t find how to do it step by step...thanks!!!
@MelinaMasnattaWMAR83: This task is about the MediaWiki software. For the Phabricator software please see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help and its Discussion page - thanks.
@Parent5446: Hi, I'm resetting the task assignee due to inactivity. Please feel free to reclaim this task if you plan to work on this - it would be welcome! Also see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Assignee_cleanup for more information - thanks!