Hello Rob, I have another question regarding the plugin. Are the visits being community-banned solely based on data gathered from websites using this plugin with the community pool option enabled? Or does it also utilize an external database for this purpose?
Regards
Vinay
]]>Greetings Rob,
Thanks for creating and maintaing this wonderful plugin. I just used it on my test site and amazed to see the login attempts and those blocked by plugin with community feature on.
I have a question regarding the other security plugins that I use and what settings should I keep on your plugin that does not conflict with the existing plugin.
Plugin 1: Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/headers-security-advanced-hsts-wp/
Plugin 2: BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security : https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/block-bad-queries/
Plugin 3: Blackhole for Bad Bots : https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/blackhole-bad-bots/
Question 1: Because Apocalypse Meow has it’s own spam protection, so in that case should I keep BBQ Firewall and Blackhole for Bad Bots active or should I remove it.
Question 2: As I am using Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP plugin. It’s just plug and play and I don’t need to make any changes in User Enumeration, Core & Template Overrides and Request Header Settings.
Please help me in making these decisions as I am not very tech savvy.
I also want to know why you have kept such a low visibility of this plugin, with such awesome features this could be the one of the top security plugins on WordPress Store.
I saw this plugin when I was searching for the keyword MEOW. You might have some sentimental value for this keyword, but I think that might be keeping this plugin visibility under the cloud.
This is just a suggestion
I am sorry for this long post, but I said what I thought of. Hope you don’t mind.
Regards
Vinay
]]>Greetings,
Upon a default install with no changes made, I see this added in wp-config.php
// User Enumeration.define('MEOW_CORE_ENUMERATION', false);define('MEOW_CORE_ENUMERATION_DIE', false); // Requires …ENUMERATION=true.define('MEOW_CORE_ENUMERATION_FAIL', true); // Requires …ENUMERATION=true.
Being as the 3rd define requires the first, I don’t know if that is mis-coded or not. I do have security rules within the .htaccess file restricting access by IP address. Does the plugin read the .htaccess file or does it do a check of some sort?
Thanks
]]>Greetings,
Interesting plugin you created and I can see where it would come in handy. I am confused though about your use of True | False.
As outlined here https://developer.www.ads-software.com/apis/wp-config-php/#disable-post-revisions for example, in wp-config.php the default setting of ‘define’ statements is
define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true); <- this will turn Debug “On” for example
However, I noticed it works the opposite way with your logic.
I have tested the above 2 settings and know the above is true.
My question is, do all your settings work in reverse?
Because, I see this in your settings.
define(‘MEOW_CORE_BROWSE_HAPPY’, true);
So by default, the plugin setting has it turned Off. Which I think is good BTW and just want to make sure I understand how you are using the logic of True | False.
Thanks
PS. I think “I” may have set ‘MEOW_CORE_BROWSE_HAPPY’ to True in testing to see if I could see any difference. I cannot remember.
]]>I have been using Apocalypse Meow for years on several WPs. I really like this plugin (thanks by the way!).
However, it seems that the plugin is incompatible with the ActivityPub plugin (https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/activitypub/).(Lead to this issue : https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/approve-follow-request-redux)
In the options of Apocalypse Meow, I did not find a parameter that allows to adjust this (for ActivityPub to work, I had to deactivate Apocalypse Meow).
Do you have any ideas?`
]]>Hi,
I got a WP error:
Error Details
=============
An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 83 of the file /wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/admin/tools.php. Error message: Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format specifier "t" in /wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/admin/tools.php:83
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/admin/tools.php(83): sprintf()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/admin.php(654): require('...')
#2 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(303): blobfolio\wp\meow\admin::tools_page()
#3 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(327): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#4 /wp-includes/plugin.php(470): WP_Hook->do_action()
#5 /wp-admin/admin.php(259): do_action()
#6 {main}
thrownURL: https://domain.tld/wp-admin/admin.php?page=meow-tools
WordPress v5.8.1
Apocalypse Meow v21.7.3
PHP v8.0.11
When you have a page in WordPress which has visibility set as “password protected”, having the Referrer-Policy option in apocalypse meow set to NONE prevents the page from loading when a user inputs a correct password. I thought it could be useful for you to either place this information in the tool-tip or even better fix the behaviour so it loads the page.
Info:
WordPress 5.7.2
apocalypse meow version 21.7.2
Password tech (wordpress built-in)
]]>When running PHP 8.0 I see this deprecation message in my error tracking:
ErrorException: Deprecated: Required parameter $user follows optional parameter $username
#11 /wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php(477): Sentry\ErrorHandler::handleError
[…]
Relevant line:
public static function login_log_alert($username='', $user) {
Is this a bug/error or do you actually require PHP 7.4?
]]>Hello
We got repeatedly the following message from WP-installations. (see bellow) It appears, while users resets the password.
The password reset works well and WP seams to work well after the error too. There seams to be no issue apart form the error in Apocalypse Meow-Plugin.
E-Mail from WP to Admin:
Hallo! Seit WordPress 5.2 gibt es eine eingebaute Funktion, die erkennt, wenn ein Plugin oder ein Theme einen fatalen Fehler auf deiner Website verursacht, und dich deswegen mit dieser automatisierten E-Mail benachrichtigt. In diesem Fall hat WordPress einen Fehler in einem deiner Plugins, Apocalypse Meow, abgefangen. Besuche zun?chst deine Website (https://www.my-domain.com/) und überprüfe sie auf sichtbare Probleme. Besuche als n?chstes die Seite, auf der der Fehler aufgetreten ist (https://www.my-domain.com/member-login/?action=resetpass) und prüfe, ob es sichtbare Probleme gibt. Bitte kontaktiere dein Hosting-Unternehmen, um Unterstützung bei der weiteren Untersuchung dieses Problems zu erhalten. Wenn deine Website fehlerhaft zu sein scheint und du nicht mehr wie gewohnt auf dein Dashboard zugreifen kannst, hat WordPress jetzt einen speziellen ?Wiederherstellungsmodus“. Auf diese Weise kannst du dich sicher in deinem Dashboard anmelden und weitere Untersuchungen durchführen. https://www.my-domain.com/member-login/?action=enter_recovery_mode&rm_token=4fineLcgsHi3zxeha8FCBJ&rm_key=BGk5QRqwzbskhyVNG8kN4m Um deine Website zu schützen, l?uft dieser Link in 1 Tag ab. Aber keine Sorge: Ein neuer Link wird dir per E-Mail zugeschickt, wenn der Fehler nach Ablauf der Frist erneut auftritt. Wenn du Hilfe bei diesem Problem suchst, wirst du m?glicherweise nach einigen der folgenden Informationen gefragt: WordPress-Version 5.4 Aktuelles Theme: Inventor (Version 1.8) Aktuelles Plugin: Apocalypse Meow (Version 21.6.2) PHP-Version 7.2.29 Fehler-Details ============== Ein Fehler vom Typ E_ERROR wurde in der Zeile 1438 der Datei /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php verursacht. Fehlermeldung: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function add() on null in /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php:1438 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php(1466): blobfolio\wp\meow\login::password_rules_error(NULL) #1 /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(289): blobfolio\wp\meow\login::validate_password_reset(Object(WP_Error)) #2 /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(311): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array) #3 /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-includes/plugin.php(478): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #4 /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-login.php(945): do_action('validate_passwo...', Object(WP_Error), Object(WP_User)) #5 /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my-domain.com/wp-content/plugins/wps-hide-login/classes/plugin.php(549): require_once('/var/www/mydomain.com/p...') #6 /var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/my
(All paths and the domain are changed, according to our security rules. I’ll send the URL of the live page, to the developer per E-Mail, if asked.)
Hi,
I noticed after enabling the HTTP headers in the plugins settings that they aren’t being noticed when I perform a scan on securityheaders.com
I don’t have much details as there’s nothing in the log being displayed, and I’ve contacted my host directly to see if it was a caching issue but they’ve stated there’s no issue on their end.
Would appreciate your input on this ??
Thank you!
]]>Hi,
I’m writing in the hope of getting clarification about GDPR with respect to Apocalypse Meow (free version).
In the case, where a user requests deletion of personal data, to comply, I would have to erase all data collected by the plugin, right?
And if so, how would I do that? By setting Data Expiration to 0, or?
Best regards,
Christian
Hi!
DB error
[Illegal mix of collations (utf8mb4_unicode_ci,IMPLICIT) and (utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci,IMPLICIT) for operation ‘=’]
SELECT l.date_created, l.ip FROM
Hi
I’m Tech Admin for a website with information for victims of sexual abuse. The website is hosted in the Netherlands.
WordPress 4.9.8.
Log on GUI for the users: Ultimate Member.
Apocalypse Meow active.
Chat software: ArrowChat.
All latest versions and up-to-date.
The Content Admin reported strange behaviour today:
One of the logged on users received previously a ban, for inappropriate chat messages. The ban was set up via the black list, the /64 version of the IP address was added to this black list. It was an IPv6 address.
Today, a user with similar user name and the same inappropriate messages was active on the chat.
The user list in WordPress shows this user, without information about ‘last logon time’. So never logged on?
While the user was active on our chat. ArrowChat relies on WordPress for logon and security. Logon on the chat is redirected via the WordPress plugin “Ultimate Member”, a fancy front end which replaces the default WordPress logon pages.
The Apocalypse Meow login activity didn’t show this logon. We removed the IP address range from the black list, the user did a re-logon after an Internet connection issue, and hop, there we have the logon attempt in the login activity. Same IP range of the IPv6 that was blocked earlier. The line below the IP address shows the same range with /64 as the one that was blocked.
We banned now the old and the new user account, but not the IP address and not the IP range. Otherwise, we can’t see if user registers again from that address.
Now, we want to know:
– how can we set up an IP ban for an IPv6 range correctly?
Is it sufficient to copy the line with part of the IP address with /64 suffix?
Or do we need to reformat this line?
– how can we use Meow to make sure any login attempt from a black listed IP address is recorded and blocked?
Thanks in advance for help,
Dominic
]]>I installed your professional version of the Apocalypse Meow plugin. The next day when any logged in user visits any page (except the homepage), the user is redirected to the profile settings page. It does not matter if the page is a regular public page or an admin page (such as the plugins page). I was able to fix it by completely removing the Apocalypse Meow plugin from WordPress.
]]>Hi,
Thank you very much for your plugin.
I installed, this step went well.
I see “Login activity” in the menu, I click, I expect a list, but no list is shown up, instead on top, there is an error message:
The server garbled the last response ??
Sweet, the smiley, but what’s going on? ??
Browser platform:
Windows 7 SP1, incl. all updates
Firefox 57.0.2 x64
Server platform:
PHP 7.0.25
WordPress 4.9.1
Apocalypse Meow: 21.3.1
Table wp_meow2_log contains 2 records, they seem to be populated well and correctly
While finishing this message, to provide as much information as possible, and of curiosity, I try to view the log using another browser, Internet Explorer 11 bundled with Win7, this way I can see the log as expected, without the “garbled” error.
Any idea how we / I can workaround the “garbled” error in Firefox?
Could it be related to a Firefox plugin?
Where can I look for logging or debugging about this, any idea?
Thank you!
]]>Since last update to the latest plugin version a problem with apocalypse meow exists
After login I’m redirected to the profile page with this message on top:
Welcome back!
Please take a moment to update your login password. This site requires that passwords:
— be at least 0 characters in length
— contain no fewer than 4 different characters
When I change the password according to these rules and save the profile with the new password following message appears after the first message.
The password must consist of at least 4 different characters.
I have tried more then 5 combinations consisting all of more then 4 different characters (upper case letter, lower case letter, digits and special characters) and none of these are accepted.
Moving to another page like going to the plugins page does not succeed either as the page gets redirected every time to the profile page with the first message on top.
To get around this I have to remove the apocalypse meow plugin from the plugins folder on the server.
]]>When trying to login with apocalypse-meow activated I can not login. This is the notification in the apache log
[:error] [pid 9410] [client xxxx:47409] PHP Warning: array_key_exists(): The first argument should be either a string or an integer in ../wordpress/wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php on line 1707, referer: https://xxxxx/wp-login.php
[Sat Dec 02 18:33:34.654168 2017] [:error] [pid 9410] [client ....:47409] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class name must be a valid object or a string in ../wordpress/wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php:1402\nStack trace:\n#0 ../wordpress/wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php(1488): blobfolio\\wp\\meow\\login::password_rules('ewYHCzzh$cVI6Jg...', 'ewYHCzzh$cVI6Jg...')\n#1 ../wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(286): blobfolio\\wp\\meow\\login::password_require_reset('userxx', Object(WP_User))\n#2 ../wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WP_Hook->apply_filters(true, Array)\n#3 ../wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)\n#4 ../wordpress/wp-includes/user.php(109): do_action('wp_login', 'userxx', Object(WP_User))\n#5 ../wordpress/wp-login.php(876): wp_signon(Array, false)\n#6 {main}\n thrown in ../wordpress/wp-content/plugins/apocalypse-meow/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/login.php on line 140Only way to get around is to remove the plugin and then login
]]>By using FIREFOX, the “Login activity” page does not display content. The list of attempts and banned IPs is absent. There is a javascript error:
“TypeError: t.bind is not a function” script: view.min.js: 1: 76220.
By using Chrome, everything is correct, the list is present. No javascript error.
Have you noticed this behavior or maybe it is an effect due to another plugin (optimization)
Greetings.
]]>Is this compatible (will it work with) other plugins that have IP Login features yours does not? Like location blocking, limiting number of login tries?
]]>Hi,
When I save an IPv6 subnet in CIDR notation in the Whitelist, it is stored malformed. As if the plugin attempts to save it as an IPv4.
For example, when I save it like this 2a01:7c8:aac3:41b::/64 it is stored as 201:78:3:41::/64.
Please fix this bug ??
]]>When install this app on any site on Hostmonster I get this error:
“Your server does not meet the minimum requirements for running Apocalypse Meow. Things might work out anyhow, but you or your system administrator should take a look at the following:
? The plugin requires the PHP extension Core.
All scripts and WordPress is updated to the highest point. Host says is it a developer issue. Can anyone help?
Where are these, what are they used for, how are they exploited, what’s the advantages?
Disable the “generator” meta tag, which betrays which version of WordPress you are running (thereby making exploits more easily targetted).
Disable adjacent post meta tags.
Disable XML-RPC.
Delete readme.html file.
Multisite?
]]>It would be nice if the “Reset All Passwords” feature would have an option to opt out of immediately emailing all users, instead have the email reset link sent after the user successfully logs in. Currently the way the plugin blasts all users with the a reset link, many would think it’s some sort of a phishing scam and just ignore it.
Also, It would be nice if the plugin would have the optional option to have the site administrator be emailed as soon as an IP gets banned.
]]>Is 24 hours the max we can ban an IP?
]]>Hello, please help me.
On some of my sites I’m experiencing a weird problem: Apocalypse Meow doesn’t save settings.
I set the things I need, hit the Save button, tha page reloads and I receive the message that the settings are saved successfully, but all the checkboxes and numbers revert to the state before my changes.
This is the only plugin with such a strange behavior I have.
Cache clearing and logging off/on doesn’t help.
Hi,
Is ‘Apocalypse Meow’ compatible with hiding or renaming wp-login.php with plugin like ‘WPS Hide Login’ ? Thanks in advance for your answer.
]]>A scanner to check default permissions are correct might be of benfit too. I go through and set the file permissions for wp-content, wp-includes, uploads etc. by hand. Having a checker to see they are within bounds would help out a lot of WP users.
Also .htaccess protection for the main folder, locking of wp-config and a couple of other similar actions.
Just a thought.
Nice job on the plug ins – thanks.
]]>For some reason, there is a lot of empty usernames in the login history. I checked with sucuri login monitoring and they exist there.
]]>