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ModSecurity checking and issues

ModSecurity related errors and conflicts in PeopleXD

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Written by Steve Cole
Updated over 3 months ago

ModSecurity is an Application Firewall that filters, monitors, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web application. By inspecting HTTP traffic, it can prevent attacks stemming from web application security flaws, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and security misconfigurations.

Items that are likely to be blocked or cause an error/conflict include the following.

πŸ“ŒNote: This is not an exhaustive list.

  • SRC

  • Style

  • ()

  • !,=, <>

  • /bold

  • Using url's with ?ref=Link

  • images/logos

If you are getting a 403 error and are using any of these items in text or comment fields, you should remove them and save your input again.

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