1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/session.php b/phpBB/includes/session.php
index 8a3a16727e..734fbaa070 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/session.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/session.php
@@ -1124,6 +1124,14 @@ class session
 			// To circumvent session_begin returning a valid value and the check_ban() not called on second page view, we kill the session again
 			$this->session_kill(false);
 
+			// A very special case... we are within the cron script which is not supposed to print out the ban message... show blank page
+			if (defined('IN_CRON'))
+			{
+				garbage_collection();
+				exit_handler();
+				exit;
+			}
+
 			trigger_error($message);
 		}