403 GET or Other Request Error Logged – Google Doc Embedder

  • Resolved Vanessa

    (@anon0536)


    11 years, 9 months ago

    Hello,

    I am getting tons of the following error in the BPS Security Log [items bracketed have been generalized/anonymized] :

    >>>>>>>>>>> 403 GET or Other Request Error Logged – June 7, 2013 – 1:30 AM <<<<<<<<<<<
    REMOTE_ADDR: [###.###.###.##]
    Host Name: [xxxx.xxxxx.xxxxx.xxx]
    SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.0
    HTTP_CLIENT_IP:
    HTTP_FORWARDED:
    HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR:
    HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP:
    REQUEST_METHOD: GET
    HTTP_REFERER:
    REQUEST_URI: /wordpress/wp-content/uploads/[document name][.docx or .pdf]
    QUERY_STRING:
    HTTP_USER_AGENT: WordPress/3.5.1; https://[mywebsite.com]

    From what I have read, I believe it’s related to the Google Doc Embedder plugin. Is there a way to resolve this error will still using the plugin?

    Also, I found a similar question in the pro forum (I’m currently running the free version) https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/another-403-plugin-view-google-doc-embeder/ but wasn’t sure if I should follow/was unable to duplicate the fix suggested there.

    Thanks for your time.

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  • Plugin Author AITpro

    (@aitpro)

    SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.0 usually indicates a bad bot/spider used by a spammer, scraper or hacker, but can in some cases be caused by older applications such as older versions of Proxies like Squid using an outdated Server Protocol.

    The Server Protocal that is used nowadays (since 1997-1999) by legitimate bots is HTTP/1.1.

    The BPS Pro issue in that Forum post is a different issue. Can you access the pdf file using the link? If so, then since the Server Protocol is 1.0 and not 1.1 then this is most likely some kind of “bad” activity from a spammer, scraper, hacker or bonehead. Let me know if you can access the pdf file using the URL.

    Thread Starter Vanessa

    (@anon0536)

    Yest I can access both the pdf and word files from the “download” link on my site. T

    More often then not they don’t include a server protocol (I just grabbed the first error). Another example:

    >>>>>>>>>>> 403 GET or Other Request Error Logged – June 3, 2013 – 2:00 PM <<<<<<<<<<<
    REMOTE_ADDR: [###.###.###.##]
    Host Name: [xxxx.xxxxx.xxxxx.xxx]
    HTTP_CLIENT_IP:
    HTTP_FORWARDED:
    HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR:
    HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP:
    REQUEST_METHOD: GET
    HTTP_REFERER:
    REQUEST_URI: /wordpress/wp-content/uploads/[document name][.docx or .pdf]
    QUERY_STRING:
    HTTP_USER_AGENT: WordPress/3.5.1; https://[mywebsite.com]

    Plugin Author AITpro

    (@aitpro)

    We added Server Protocol to BPS Security logging in the last version release of BPS so older log entries will not have the Server Protocol log entries.

    If you can access the links/URLs fine then whatever “bad” activity this bot/spider is doing (most likely scraping) is what is being blocked/Forbidden. You can try and block the IP address, but this is usually not effective since the bot will just switch to another IP address. So since everything is fine then you can just ignore whatever “bad” activity is occurring regarding these files.

    Website Scraping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping

    Thread Starter Vanessa

    (@anon0536)

    ok, thanks for your help

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