Bug #77965 [NEW]: not inlcuding php after <? allows user to access protected pages

From: drwho_who at yahoo dot com Operating system: Windows Sefver 2016 PHP version: 7.3.5 Package: Session related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:not inlcuding php after <? allows user to access protected pages Description: ------------ <? session_start(); ob_start(); if (isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['jur']) { } else { header("Location: login.php"); } ?> Test script: --------------- <? session_start(); ob_start(); if (isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['jur']) { } else { header("Location: login.php"); } ?> Expected result: ---------------- I would expect a user not to be able to get to this page, or the page completely error out if missing the php in <? -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77965&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77965&r=mysqlcfg