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Thanks @libby and @katemachon. That was the problem I had on my Testing Group and also on the Test Den. I didn’t spot it at first as these seem to be the only two groups that had a problem. reading the update notes, it looks as though the previous version of BBPress (which gives us the group forums) attempted to improve security because in some…[Read more]

I think the update-in-waiting also fixes it, so I’ll push that out if somebody would be kind enough to check whether it does

Incidentally, some Denizens may have seen news reports about a serious vulnerability in PHP, a variety of software used extensively in websites. The Den is currently running a patched version which protects us from this, so worry not.

Hi Bella, I’ve been away for a few days and only just saw your note. Still away and a bit tied up with things, but I’ll see if I can check our member details. Sadly, no guarantee of being certain because names and email addresses often don’t match directly.

Well, there are a few familiar faces still around.

I think I’ve got a fix.

So, when you go to the forum, you’re presented with an original post (topic) plus any replies on that page, but you can’t proceed, i.e. if you pick page 2 or the arrow, nothing happens apart from the screen refreshing. I think it may be a problem with other forums as well.

Brilliant news, Hillary.

Have made the group hidden. Will look into it further as I suspect this will not fix the issue. There is deginitely a problem but only with this specific group so far. Will see what I can do.

Security is as good as we can currently make it. And house is definitely being kept! 🙂 Occasionally – as recently – we have an odd spate of slightly cleverer bots joining the site because they manage to foil part of the software. While it is annoying to see them on the wall, they have no ability to interact or affect the Den at all. (Each user…[Read more]

We are now trialling a plugin that should deal with the issue. The vast majority of bots did get stopped by the system software and those few that managed to register were blocked, usually within the hour, manually. Hopefully the plugin will prevent any further spambots getting through!