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Random account access. Umm...what?

SithSolo1

SithSolo1

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Something crazy happened a few minutes ago. Several times I loaded a new page in the forum and I was either logged out completely or logged in as a different random member with access to their account pages. I doesn't seem to be happening anymore atm but I thought someone might want to look into it.
 
I was almost dubious until...

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For anyone experiencing this, are you still seeing the forum from another account? Is this happening for you persistently? What browser/OS are you using?
 
I have not had this happen again as of this morning but I'll keep an eye out for it.


I was using Chrome on Win10 Pro when it occurred last night but it wasn't consistent. I'd say 1 out of every 7-8 pages opened would have me logged in on a different random account. Even then pages were talking 40+ secs to load and would usually take me back to my account if I tried to navigate somewhere else on the forum. I was able to access the account pages twice but refreshing those pages brought me back under my account. I was also redirected to another member's Alert page when I tried to check mine.
 
I opened the forum from a bookmark and immediately noticed it opened in Jack Burton's account. I verified that there were profile settings there to confirm it was his account. It was.

I closed the browser and clicked the bookmark again. I was in my account.

Opera/Windows 8.1.
 
Just happened to me. FYI - I am not Jodell88. Profanity deleted. FF48 on Win 10.

This is not Off Topic. Please watch your language.
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Hasn't happened to me since yesterday.

I have 2 factor enabled, by the way, so whatever's going on I think it's using my session and not simply logging someone else using my username and password.
 
I have 2 factor enabled, by the way, so whatever's going on I think it's using my session and not simply logging someone else using my username and password.
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This is correct. We're still looking into the matter, but our best guess at the moment is a session caching issue. You won't actually be able to post as somebody else, or access anything on their account. It is a jarring thing to see, but nothing that poses a legitimate risk as far as we can tell.
 
Our night owl devs identified the problem and issued a fix last night. If anybody continues to run into this problem, please let us know!
 
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