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Posted February 21, 20232 yr 7 pages of errors appeared in the log over the space of a few minutes, all triggered by a guest. Any idea what's going on here? A few examples: -
February 21, 20232 yr Community Expert Please could you remove the birthdays widget altogether and test that again?
February 21, 20232 yr Author Please could you remove the birthdays widget altogether and test that again? I've removed the widget. Now if I click on a URL shown in one of the error messages, it just gives me "Page not found". Was someone trying to exploit my forum via this widget or something?
February 21, 20232 yr Community Expert Not necessarily. It was probably a valid link, however that item would no longer work with the current release.
February 21, 20232 yr Author Not necessarily. It was probably a valid link, however that item would no longer work with the current release. Really? It was a paid add-on I bought from the store. It says it's compatible with 4.7 there: - https://invisioncommunity.com/files/file/10066-birthdays-widget/ It was still working and displaying birthdays, but I assume I should not reinstall it? Is there any other way to display today's birthdays on the forum?
February 21, 20232 yr Community Expert My apologies, I thought you had disabled it because of compatibility. If its compatible, and causing you errors, you would need to report that to the author
February 21, 20232 yr Author OK, thanks. @Adriano Faria I'll tag you into this as it's your widget. Let me know if you need more info, cos there are loads more errors in the log.
February 21, 20232 yr You obviously had an attempt of exploit in your board. Look at those links. The widget links isn’t like that. Uninstall the plugin and install it again. EDIT: It can be simply someone trying to add stuff via URL to see if gets successful in some way. I can’t prevent people from editing manually links in the address bar. Did you notice anything wrong at all in your board or just log entries? @clownstyle_merged Edited February 21, 20232 yr by Adriano Faria
February 21, 20232 yr Author Did you notice anything wrong at all in your board or just log entries? Just log entries. I think you're probably right about them trying to add stuff via URL, cos there's around 7 pages of this stuff, all with different links. They spent about 20 minutes doing it, then it stopped.
February 21, 20232 yr You can probably disallow guests from viewing the widget. I guess there’s an option to choose groups.
February 21, 20232 yr Author You can probably disallow guests from viewing the widget. I guess there’s an option to choose groups. I can't see an option to do that, unfortunately.
February 21, 20232 yr Community Expert t can be simply someone trying to add stuff via URL to see if gets successful in some way. I can’t prevent people from editing manually links in the address bar. They are going in system logs, rather than error logs. Not sure if you can catch those as they are validation rather than an error
February 21, 20232 yr They are going in system logs, rather than error logs. Not sure if you can catch those as they are validation rather than an error I’ll take a look. 👍
