wp_authenticate_application_password( WP_User|WP_Error|null $input_user, string $username, string $password ): WP_User|WP_Error|null

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Authenticates the user using an application password.

Parameters

$input_userWP_User|WP_Error|nullrequired
WP_User or WP_Error object if a previous callback failed authentication.
$usernamestringrequired
Username for authentication.
$passwordstringrequired
Password for authentication.

Return

WP_User|WP_Error|null WP_User on success, WP_Error on failure, null if null is passed in and this isn’t an API request.

Source

			$auth_cookie = SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE;
		} else {
			$auth_cookie = AUTH_COOKIE;
		}

		if ( ! empty( $_COOKIE[ $auth_cookie ] ) ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'expired_session', __( 'Please log in again.' ) );
		}

		// If the cookie is not set, be silent.
	}

	return $user;
}

/**
 * Authenticates the user using an application password.
 *
 * @since 5.6.0
 *
 * @param WP_User|WP_Error|null $input_user WP_User or WP_Error object if a previous
 *                                          callback failed authentication.
 * @param string                $username   Username for authentication.
 * @param string                $password   Password for authentication.
 * @return WP_User|WP_Error|null WP_User on success, WP_Error on failure, null if
 *                               null is passed in and this isn't an API request.
 */
function wp_authenticate_application_password(
	$input_user,
	$username,
	#[\SensitiveParameter]
	$password
) {
	if ( $input_user instanceof WP_User ) {
		return $input_user;
	}

	if ( ! WP_Application_Passwords::is_in_use() ) {
		return $input_user;
	}

	// The 'REST_REQUEST' check here may happen too early for the constant to be available.
	$is_api_request = ( ( defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) && XMLRPC_REQUEST ) || ( defined( 'REST_REQUEST' ) && REST_REQUEST ) );

	/**
	 * Filters whether this is an API request that Application Passwords can be used on.
	 *
	 * By default, Application Passwords is available for the REST API and XML-RPC.
	 *
	 * @since 5.6.0
	 *
	 * @param bool $is_api_request If this is an acceptable API request.
	 */
	$is_api_request = apply_filters( 'application_password_is_api_request', $is_api_request );

	if ( ! $is_api_request ) {
		return $input_user;
	}

	$error = null;
	$user  = get_user_by( 'login', $username );

	if ( ! $user && is_email( $username ) ) {
		$user = get_user_by( 'email', $username );
	}

	// If the login name is invalid, short circuit.
	if ( ! $user ) {
		if ( is_email( $username ) ) {
			$error = new WP_Error(
				'invalid_email',
				__( '<strong>Error:</strong> Unknown email address. Check again or try your username.' )
			);
		} else {
			$error = new WP_Error(
				'invalid_username',
				__( '<strong>Error:</strong> Unknown username. Check again or try your email address.' )
			);
		}
	} elseif ( ! wp_is_application_passwords_available() ) {
		$error = new WP_Error(
			'application_passwords_disabled',
			__( 'Application passwords are not available.' )
		);
	} elseif ( ! wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user( $user ) ) {
		$error = new WP_Error(
			'application_passwords_disabled_for_user',
			__( 'Application passwords are not available for your account. Please contact the site administrator for assistance.' )
		);
	}

	if ( $error ) {
		/**
		 * Fires when an application password failed to authenticate the user.
		 *
		 * @since 5.6.0
		 *
		 * @param WP_Error $error The authentication error.
		 */
		do_action( 'application_password_failed_authentication', $error );

		return $error;
	}

	/*
	 * Strips out anything non-alphanumeric. This is so passwords can be used with
	 * or without spaces to indicate the groupings for readability.
	 *
	 * Generated application passwords are exclusively alphanumeric.
	 */
	$password = preg_replace( '/[^a-z\d]/i', '', $password );

	$hashed_passwords = WP_Application_Passwords::get_user_application_passwords( $user->ID );

	foreach ( $hashed_passwords as $key => $item ) {
		if ( ! WP_Application_Passwords::check_password( $password, $item['password'] ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		$error = new WP_Error();

		/**
		 * Fires when an application password has been successfully checked as valid.
		 *
		 * This allows for plugins to add additional constraints to prevent an application password from being used.
		 *
		 * @since 5.6.0
		 *
		 * @param WP_Error $error    The error object.
		 * @param WP_User  $user     The user authenticating.
		 * @param array    $item     The details about the application password.
		 * @param string   $password The raw supplied password.
		 */
		do_action( 'wp_authenticate_application_password_errors', $error, $user, $item, $password );

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5.6.0Introduced.

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