Use Blizzard UI-Protected Functions

[rljohn]

Found this little gem today on Arena Junkies...

As of right now you can use /dump to do any Blizzard-Protected function...move your character, jump, cast a spell only if there are diseases on the target, etc. The possibilities are near endless.

Not sure if this was intended or not, but as I was updating the wowwiki Macro API, I noticed the new /dump command in Blizzard_DebugTools allows users to execute PROTECTED functions from the command line.

For instance, if I type the following:
/script JumpOrAscendStart()

I get an error saying that I can't do that due to it is a function only available to the UI.

Now, if I type this:
/dump JumpOrAscendStart()

I get a little message from the dump tool and my character jumps! This works in combat too.

I really like this addition, and I hope the functionality to display values is kept, but I wonder if code execution was an unintended side-effect.

[Robske]

Elite this

[whitekidney]

omg +4rep !

[rljohn]

This will probably be hotfixed soon.

[Sychotix]

probably. And it cant be kept quiet since i guess everyone knows of it. It was posted twice in 2 or 3 minutes. I'm guessing it was released somewhere and these two people are trying to share it.

[Hunterplay]

Elite this (Filler)

[xxreaper008]

cant find any use of this, im trying a bunch of API functions but no luck

[deinvaddha]

doenst work, get an UI error

[Krillere]

Already fixed? Fastest hotfix ever :O

[Apoc]

Heh. Gotta love Blizzard messing up their own protection.

Don't get too used to it.

[xxreaper008]

it works, just kinda useless

[Professor Banana]

I'm not very good at this stuff, but would there be some way to use this to speak in colors?

[Nonominator]

I don't know what you would use this for...?

[Otsegolectric]

doenst work, get an UI error

same here. seems already fixed

[Professor Banana]

I'm using it right now... make sure you disable all your addons