WordPress /wp-admin/ logging in on other computers

  • Elevated Dad

    (@outwardjourney)


    4 years ago

    Serious situation. I have multiple laptops here at home. I went to login using a different computer (Chrome browser) that I have never used before. It’s a brand new computer. I went to https://www.domain.com/wp-admin/ and WordPress had me LOGGED IN!!!

    I was able to access the admin panel on a brand new computer. I cleared the cache, history, etc. and attempted it again. Same thing! After about the 4th time it logged in and then rerouted to a timed out error requesting logging back in.

    I attempted this with Safari and Firefox on the computer and the others and it did not do it. My main computer I do not use Chrome, but I use Brave (chrome based).

    Any ideas on why this has occurred??

    Running WordPress 5.5.3

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  • Yobani

    (@yobani)

    Hello,

    Did you log into your Google account on the new computer? Possibly have your credentials saved? Seems to be linked to your google account perhaps.

    lcf

    (@lcf)

    I guess the web browser has your password saved and synced.

    Thread Starter Elevated Dad

    (@outwardjourney)

    The browser was not logged in for syncing or handing off. It is a new system. In fact, it isn’t my computer. It was my daughters laptop.

    I was not logged in to any of my accounts on the computer or the browser. The only thing that would be connected is our network.

    I’m a big security and privacy person, and do not do any cloud services or syncing like that.

    The strange part is it did it a number of times and then timed itself out.

    The email address used for my admin account in WordPress is not a personal account and is not attached to a service like Gmail or anything of that nature. It is an account through my hosting service. And to further the mystery, the login for my WordPress is a unique 15+ character username (never saved on the laptop in question).

    Just tested it on two other computers and it did not do it with them. Very strange!

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