From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: all PHP version: 4.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Apache related Bug description: Serious security hole when accessing phpinfo() in a .htaccess protected dir.
On all Servers we administrate, we always install an 'info.php' file which only contains the phpinfo() function. Now I found that PHP returns the transmitted password in clear text to the browser. The page is stored in the browsers cache or someone could just have a look on my screen. :-(( I think this is a serious security hole. The password should not be returned to the browser in any way, best would be to show some asterisks ('*******'), to show that the variable exists. Ulrich Kapp -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20750&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20750&r=isapi