Article Details
Id:17850
Product:finPOWER Connect
Type:FIX
Version:3.03.05
Opened:04/02/2021
Closed:04/02/2021
Released:25/02/2021
Job: J025934
High Importance

HTML Widgets; Email validation causes browser or finPOWER Connect to hang

The Regular Expression used to validate email addresses using JavaScript was causing catastrophic backtracking, causing the web browser or finPOWER Connect itself to hang.

Entering the following into the Email field on the Client Contact Method wizard would cause this issue:

"onetwothreefourfivesixsixfivefourthreetwoone"

The JavaScript Regular Expression has been changed to prevent this from occuring.