I cannot make any post/comment containing the string [slash]etc[slash]passwd on lemmy.world
I cannot make any post/comment containing the string [slash]etc[slash]passwd on lemmy.world
When I try to submit a post or comment containing the string [slash]etc[slash] passwd, the submit button goes into a loading state and spins indefinitely. The request is blocked by Cloudflare with status code 403. I can't even search for the forbidden string. You have to check dev tools to find out what went wrong, this error is not handled in the UI at all.
So, if you've ever tried to reply to a tech issue and the UI just won't let you, maybe this is why.
This smells like something being blocked by Cloudflare's WAF (Web Application Firewall) rules. I'd imagine there might be a rule there to try to block requests that look like they could involve sensitive files like the passwd file
https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/
The UI should probably alert you of there being an issue posting after getting a 403 response
Damn even though you explained the abbreviation I still read it as Wife Approval Factor for a second and was very confused
Let’s see, I’m on lemmy.world: /etc/passwd
What the heck, it consistently does not work for me. I guess that's not the only deciding factor in why my posts don't go through. I've changed the pronoun in my post from 'you' to 'I' because it doesn't apply to everyone. ^^
hunter2
*******
⟋etc⟋passwd ⧸etc⧸passwd ／etc／passwd
How dare you go outside the bounds of ASCII! 95 printable characters ought to be enough for anyone.
That's kinda funny, in a way - unsophisticated prevention for an unsophisticated attack.
Everyone trying to use the Internet normally suffers due to this kind of stuff.
[slash]etc[slash]passwd
/etc/passwd
Posted this from Thunder on lemdro.id
Noooooooo
Can't post on Lemmy.World, photon desktop UI. Interesting
That explains why I had trouble a while back
/etc/passw[nothing]d blocked here at lemm.ee.
Tried with 'Connect for lemmy' against lemm.ee and just got a full screen error that vanished after a second.
/ etc / passwd <- so none of the components are blocked.
I can only hope programming.dev of all instances doesn't have this problem!
(Also, I'm really wondering where does this error come from. It can't be, in theory, from lemmy itself, right? One would think user input in posts is sanitized so that it's not used as code, either raw or processed).
