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| -rw-r--r-- | engine/lib/users.php | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/engine/lib/users.php b/engine/lib/users.php index 0b4608034..bccfb8b03 100644 --- a/engine/lib/users.php +++ b/engine/lib/users.php @@ -553,7 +553,12 @@ function get_user($guid) { function get_user_by_username($username) { global $CONFIG, $USERNAME_TO_GUID_MAP_CACHE; - $username = sanitise_string(rawurldecode($username)); + // Fixes #6052. Username is frequently sniffed from the path info, which, + // unlike $_GET, is not URL decoded. If the username was not URL encoded, + // this is harmless. + $username = rawurldecode($username); + + $username = sanitise_string($username); $access = get_access_sql_suffix('e'); // Caching |