Reply To: Web Librarian Plugin – 403 error
I followed the instructions above, and it is still producing the forbidden error: [403 GET / HEAD Request: April 7, 2014 - 1:03 pm] Event Code: BFHS - Blocked/Forbidden Hacker or Spammer Solution:...
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Ok, I took away the apostrophes inside the entry’s text boxes, and it worked. Not sure why the custom code did not resolve the problem, but at least I know what’s causing the error now. Thank you...
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Reply To: Web Librarian Plugin – 403 error
Actually that is the smartest thing to do – not use the single quote code character – it is the #1 MOST dangerous coding character when used maliciously by hackers. Probably you saved the custom code...
View ArticleReply To: Envato WordPress Toolkit – Folder/File path problem
As it turns out it is not possible to block what Envato WordPress Toolkit doing so what we are looking at now is automatically deactivating the Envato WordPress Toolkit plugin during a BPS Pro upgrade...
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Reply To: Web Librarian Plugin – 403 error
Ok…I’m not sure what to do. It works then it doesn’t…it’s driving me crazy! Here is the error page text: ” Forbidden You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/admin.php on this server....
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BPS takes over security and error handling to log events/errors in the Security Log file so yes it is possible that the root cause of this problem is something else and not BPS. Typically an...
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I will install and test this plugin and see if I can figure out this issue. Will post back here in a little bit.
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Reply To: Web Librarian Plugin – 403 error
Actually I will not be able to test this plugin. I got as far as… Your AWS account credentials have been created, but in order to begin using any of the services, you will need to provide your...
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Reply To: Clickbank Instant Notification Service (INS)
BPS Pro has built-in troubleshooting capability that allows you to turn On/Off all security features. BPS Pro troubleshooting steps are here:...
View ArticleLinks in Facebook to website generate 403 Forbidden errors
Hi, We are trying to post links in our Facebook page that link to our blog posts. Facebook responds with a 403 Forbidden error message (see below). Is BPS blocking this? We have the latest version of...
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Are you using a WordPress facebook plugin or are these just general links to/from facebook? Check your BPS Security Log and post a log entry that is related to facebook links.
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Reply To: Links in Facebook to website generate 403 Forbidden errors
>>>>>>>>>>> 403 GET or Other Request Error Logged - April 7, 2014 3:43 pm <<<<<<<<<<< REMOTE_ADDR: 139.0.25.26 Host Name:...
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Reply To: Links in Facebook to website generate 403 Forbidden errors
I will reducing this Forum Topic down to only relevant posts and deleting all other posts that are not relevant to the real issue. What must be occuring is you have a social media / facebook plugin...
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I sent you a PM with example URLs to test from your Facebook fan page. The Hostgator tech was able to reproduce the 403 with these URLs from his test FB page. Consequently, when he deactivated BPS,...
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Reply To: Links in Facebook to website generate 403 Forbidden errors
I understand that, but when I post a link from facebook to any one of our sites with BPS installed on them this problem does not occur. You have something installed on your site – either your theme...
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I’m not sure I would want to change the theme and do more harm than good… we have thousands of visitors every day. I don’t know if you caught this earlier, but not all links generate a 403, some do,...
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Reply To: Links in Facebook to website generate 403 Forbidden errors
If BPS is blocking something it is blocked 100% of the time – there is no middle ground – it is all or nothing – blocked or not blocked. If some links are working and others are not then this is...
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Eureka! I found something that fixes the problem: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug I enter the URL here, click ‘DEBUG’ and for some reason it “cleans” the URL. Once that’s done, I go back...
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Reply To: Security Log Event Codes
Great! Thanks for confirming the solution. Also we are trying several different methods to try and get the exact solution that is needed in Phase 2 Security Log Solution Targeting on the frontend of...
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