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Mad-Chemist
Mad-Chemist

Reputation: 487

Log into Joomla 3 without a Password

Does anyone have any insight into how this could be accomplished?

I figure that it may be possible to mess with the session unless there is already a built in function that could be used to do this.

If you need more information just let me know, I would be happy to provide it.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 935

Answers (1)

David Fritsch
David Fritsch

Reputation: 3731

The following code snippet should load a user based on their id from the database and then log them in for the visitor making the request. It does not require their password. That being said, I do hope that you are authenticating this in some way. (And I have only tested this on the front-end of the site.)

$db = JFactory::getDbo();

$q = "SELECT * FROM `#__users` WHERE id = ".$id;
$user = $db->setQuery($q)->loadAssoc();

JPluginHelper::importPlugin( 'user' );
$dispatcher = JDispatcher::getInstance();

// Initiate log in
$options = array('action' => 'core.login.site', 'remember' => false);
$results = $dispatcher->trigger('onUserLogin', array($user, $options));

Upvotes: 2

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