Bug #66653 [Com]: "Incorrect CAPTCHA" trying to file or comment a bug report

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66653&edit=1 ID: 66653 Comment by: chealer at gmail dot com Reported by: chealer at gmail dot com Summary: "Incorrect CAPTCHA" trying to file or comment a bug report Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: Website problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: petk Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Wow. I'm afraid petk is right. I just triggered this bug multiple times filing https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77352 by reloading https://bugs.php.net/report.php in a different tab after each CAPTCHA I was given. I stopped when it became obvious that I could have reproduced this as many times as I wanted. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-12-26 22:50:28] chealer at gmail dot com I just got the "Please enable cookies so the Captcha system can work" error again filing #77351. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-12-26 19:30:51] petk@php.net Hello, thanks for reporting these. The Captcha system here relies on the session_start() in the code[1] and on having enabled cookies in the browser. I think I've just found how this issue happens, so stay tuned for a fix in the following days... It happens due to a too simplistic captcha generation. Once the report page is opened one captcha question and answer is generated (for that browser tab). If user opens a new bug page (or report page) in a new browser tab a new answer and question get generated and previous ones are wrong and this strange error pops up. If you possibly spot any more on this issue sooner than me, let me know please. [1] http://git.php.net/?p=web/bugs.git;a=blob;f=www/report.php;hb=HEAD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-12-26 18:50:14] chealer at gmail dot com I just filed issue #77348 and had to go through... ERROR: Please enable cookies so the Captcha system can work ...first, before seeing this bug a few times too. No idea if these bugs are technically related. I just tried posting this very comment, and went through the bug twice already. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-02-06 04:01:13] chealer at gmail dot com The experience I had when filing this report is similar to the one I had when filing bug #66652. I also got several errors when filing #66652. 3 or 4, if I remember correctly. It could be that I entered one incorrect answer once. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-02-06 03:57:29] chealer at gmail dot com Description: ------------ As reported in bug #33449, bug #53255 and bug #66393, CAPTCHAs on bugs.php.net have been broken for as long as I can recall. danielc fixed this in January, as can be seen in bug #66393. According to danielc's latest comment there a few hours ago, the fixes had been deployed. However, I experienced the same issue when reporting bug #66652. The submission form I'm filling is "48 + 26 = ?" as challenge. My answer is 74, and I am about to click "Send bug report". --- I got an error. After clicking, the ITS said "Incorrect Captcha". It now says: Solve this new problem: 24 - 3 = ? I entered 21 as answer, and I am about to click "Send bug report" again. --- I got a warning: WARNING: YOU MUST RE-UPLOAD YOUR PATCH, OR IT WILL BE IGNORED Are you sure that you searched before you submitted your bug report? We found the following bugs that seem to be similar to yours; please check them before submitting the report as they might contain the solution you are looking for. If you're sure that your report is a genuine bug that has not been reported before, you can scroll down and click the "Send Bug Report" button again to really enter the details into our database. Since I am sure, I am about to do that. --- I got another error: Incorrect Captcha The form now contains: Solve the problem: 23 - 19 = ? I entered 4 as answer and am about to click "Send bug report" once again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66653&edit=1