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Defect #25144
closedAccount Harvesting login issue
Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Accounts / authentication
Target version:
-
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Due date:
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0%
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Resolution:
Duplicate
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Description
Hi
Can I change the "Unknown user" error message to something else in case of lost_password promt.
Dulicating my query:
1. Go to the application login page and click on the Lost Password link.
2. Type an in invalid email and click on the Submit button.
3. Finally you will get a message saying Unknown user. With message this you can setup a script to
distinguish valid accounts from the invalid ones.
Recommendation
An application should respond with a generic error message regardless of whether the user ID or password was
incorrect. It should also give no indication to the status of an existing account.
Send an authentication token to the users email in order to prompt the security questions.
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