anyway to get vbulletin clear password?

[harty83]

I want to create a hook that will log in to a Joomla installation once vBulletin authenticates the user.

Joomla will use the same username and password as vBulletin.

However, without developing a plugin for Joomla that will use the md5 hash of the password to directly authenticate the user (rather than a clear form of the password hashed during authentication), I can't find an easy way to do this.

So my question, does vBulletin pass a clear version of the password that can be used programmatically?

Thanks!
Alan

[ZomgStuff]

No it does not, unless you wanted to add a hidden field to the login template and parse the un-hashed password, which would pose security risks.

[harty83]

That's what I thought. (I actually like this security feature!)

Anyway, I was able to create a Joomla plugin that will make things work.

Thanks!
Alan

[Dismounted]

The only time when vBulletin passes on a clear-text password over the internet is when the client does not have JavaScript enabled.

[sysadm]

are you looking for DISABLE_PASSWORD_CLEARING setting?

[Dismounted]

Again, that decreases security. In any case, the OP has found a solution already (see post #3).