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Firefox is saving the wrong password for a login

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everettrome
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Hi,

As the title suggests, Firefox is saving the wrong password for a login. Here's what I have done so far to fix the problem: 1. I just deleted all saved logins 2. Restarted Firefox 3. Re-entered the correct username and password

I keep getting "test" as the password instead of what should be the actual password as can be seen in the image. Note, I used a program to whiteout the username.

Hi, As the title suggests, Firefox is saving the wrong password for a login. Here's what I have done so far to fix the problem: 1. I just deleted all saved logins 2. Restarted Firefox 3. Re-entered the correct username and password I keep getting "test" as the password instead of what should be the actual password as can be seen in the image. Note, I used a program to whiteout the username.
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cor-el
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Some website use JavaScript to modify the password field and possibly copy the password to another hidden field.
If Firefox detects that the password has been modified the Firefox will offer to update the password.
A possible workaround (solution) is to create a login block exception for this website (origin) with the proper protocol (usually https://) via Options/Preferences.

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security: Logins and Passwords: Exceptions.

Note that you can create a new login in Lockwise (bottom of left panel).