Problem with periods in usernames

Osama · June 2, 2021, 6:40am

Ok this PR should fix this bug:

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Escape periods in current user's username before generating `RegExp`

discourse:master ← discourse:fix/escape-periods-in-username

opened 06:39AM - 02 Jun 21 UTC

OsamaSayegh

+323 -1

If we don't escape periods, they are interpreted as wildcards and it becomes imp…ossible to visit profiles of other users whose usernames match. E.g., if your username was `a.c` and attempted to visit `abc`'s profile, you would be incorrectly redirected to your own profile. Meta topic: https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-periods-in-usernames/192195?u=osama.

Thanks for reporting this @alex21!

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Problem with periods in usernames

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