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Description

Verifies that a correct security nonce was used with time limit.

A nonce is valid for 24 hours (by default).

Usage

$false|int = wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, $action );

Parameters

$nonce

( string ) required – Nonce value that was used for verification, usually via a form field.

$action

( string|int ) optional default: -1 – Should give context to what is taking place and be the same when nonce was created.

Returns

false|int False if the nonce is invalid, 1 if the nonce is valid and generated between

1. -12 hours ago, 2 if the nonce is valid and generated between 12-24 hours ago.

Source

File name: wordpress/wp-includes/pluggable.php


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  function wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, $action = -1 ) {
    $nonce = (string) $nonce;
    $user  = wp_get_current_user();
    $uid   = (int) $user->ID;
    if ( ! $uid ) {
      
/**
 * Filters whether the user who generated the nonce is logged out.
 *
 * @since 3.5.0
 *
 * @param int    $uid    ID of the nonce-owning user.
 * @param string $action The nonce action.
 */
      $uid = apply_filters( 'nonce_user_logged_out', $uid, $action );
    }

    if ( empty( $nonce ) ) {
      return false;
    }

    $token = wp_get_session_token();
    $i     = wp_nonce_tick();

    // Nonce generated 0-12 hours ago
    $expected = substr( wp_hash( $i . '|' . $action . '|' . $uid . '|' . $token, 'nonce' ), -12, 10 );
    if ( hash_equals( $expected, $nonce ) ) {
      return 1;
    }

    // Nonce generated 12-24 hours ago
    $expected = substr( wp_hash( ( $i - 1 ) . '|' . $action . '|' . $uid . '|' . $token, 'nonce' ), -12, 10 );
    if ( hash_equals( $expected, $nonce ) ) {
      return 2;
    }

    
/**
 * Fires when nonce verification fails.
 *
 * @since 4.4.0
 *
 * @param string     $nonce  The invalid nonce.
 * @param string|int $action The nonce action.
 * @param WP_User    $user   The current user object.
 * @param string     $token  The user's session token.
 */
    do_action( 'wp_verify_nonce_failed', $nonce, $action, $user, $token );

    // Invalid nonce
    return false;
  }
 

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