• Hi – I’ve been told that a few international visitors to our website are seeing a “403 – forbidden” error when they try to visit the site.

    I checked with my hosts and they said that it appears that iThemes Security is blocking visitors from countries outside of the UK.

    I can’t see a setting to control this. The site is an international charity and needs to be accessed from around the world.

    Is there any way to change this setting? I’ve tried adding the Philippines IP address our administrator is using and that didn’t help (it wouldn’t help other non-admin visitors anyway)

    Any help gratefully received!

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by eamonlaser.
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  • Is the 404 Detection module enabled ?

    Thread Starter eamonlaser

    (@eamonlaser)

    Yes, it is.

    And are there any 404 Detection notices visible in the plugin Logs page ?
    (Note you need to scroll through all logs pages to get the complete picture).

    Also please post the content of your .htaccess file.

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by nlpro.
    Thread Starter eamonlaser

    (@eamonlaser)

    And are there any 404 Detection notices visible in the plugin Logs page ?
    (Note you need to scroll through all logs pages to get the complete picture).

    There are 27 pages of 404 logs in the last 24 hours. 224 pages of logs in total. What are we looking for exactly?

    Also please post the content of your .htaccess file.

    Here is the .htaccess file:

    # BEGIN iThemes Security – Do not modify or remove this line
    # iThemes Security Config Details: 2
    # Enable HackRepair.com’s blacklist feature – Security > Settings > Banned Users > Default Blacklist
    # Start HackRepair.com Blacklist
    RewriteEngine on
    # Start Abuse Agent Blocking
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Mozilla.*Indy” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Mozilla.*NEWT” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^$” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Maxthon$” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^SeaMonkey$” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Acunetix” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^binlar” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^BlackWidow” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Bolt 0” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^BOT for JCE” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Bot mailto\:craftbot@yahoo\.com” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^casper” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^checkprivacy” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^ChinaClaw” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^clshttp” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^cmsworldmap” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Custo” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Default Browser 0” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^diavol” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^DIIbot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^DISCo” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^dotbot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Download Demon” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^eCatch” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^EirGrabber” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^EmailCollector” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^EmailSiphon” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^EmailWolf” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Express WebPictures” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^extract” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^ExtractorPro” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^EyeNetIE” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^feedfinder” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^FHscan” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^FlashGet” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^flicky” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^g00g1e” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^GetRight” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^GetWeb\!” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Go\!Zilla” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Go\-Ahead\-Got\-It” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^grab” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^GrabNet” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Grafula” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^harvest” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^HMView” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Image Stripper” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Image Sucker” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^InterGET” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Internet Ninja” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^InternetSeer\.com” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^jakarta” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Java” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^JetCar” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^JOC Web Spider” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^kanagawa” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^kmccrew” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^larbin” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^LeechFTP” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^libwww” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Mass Downloader” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^microsoft\.url” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^MIDown tool” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^miner” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Mister PiX” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^MSFrontPage” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Navroad” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^NearSite” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Net Vampire” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^NetAnts” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^NetSpider” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^NetZIP” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^nutch” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Octopus” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Offline Explorer” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Offline Navigator” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^PageGrabber” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Papa Foto” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^pavuk” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^pcBrowser” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^PeoplePal” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^planetwork” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^psbot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^purebot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^pycurl” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^RealDownload” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^ReGet” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Rippers 0” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^sitecheck\.internetseer\.com” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^SiteSnagger” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^skygrid” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^SmartDownload” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^sucker” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^SuperBot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^SuperHTTP” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Surfbot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^tAkeOut” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Teleport Pro” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Toata dragostea mea pentru diavola” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^turnit” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^vikspider” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^VoidEYE” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Web Image Collector” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebAuto” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebBandit” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebCopier” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebFetch” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebGo IS” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebLeacher” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebReaper” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebSauger” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Website eXtractor” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Website Quester” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebStripper” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebWhacker” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WebZIP” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Widow” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WPScan” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WWW\-Mechanize” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^WWWOFFLE” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Xaldon WebSpider” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^Zeus” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “^zmeu” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “360Spider” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “CazoodleBot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “discobot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “EasouSpider” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “ecxi” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “GT\:\:WWW” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “heritrix” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “HTTP\:\:Lite” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “HTTrack” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “ia_archiver” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “id\-search” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “IDBot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Indy Library” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “IRLbot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “ISC Systems iRc Search 2\.1” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “LinksCrawler” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “LinksManager\.com_bot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “linkwalker” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “lwp\-trivial” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “MFC_Tear_Sample” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Microsoft URL Control” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Missigua Locator” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “MJ12bot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “panscient\.com” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “PECL\:\:HTTP” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “PHPCrawl” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “PleaseCrawl” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “SBIder” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “SearchmetricsBot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “SeznamBot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Snoopy” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Steeler” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “URI\:\:Fetch” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “urllib” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Web Sucker” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “webalta” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “WebCollage” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Wells Search II” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “WEP Search” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “XoviBot” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “YisouSpider” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “zermelo” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “ZyBorg” [NC,OR]
    # End Abuse Agent Blocking
    # Start Abuse HTTP Referrer Blocking
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} “^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?semalt\.com” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} “^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?kambasoft\.com” [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} “^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?savetubevideo\.com” [NC]
    # End Abuse HTTP Referrer Blocking
    RewriteRule ^.* – [F,L]
    # End HackRepair.com Blacklist, https://pastebin.com/u/hackrepair

    # Protect System Files – Security > Settings > System Tweaks > System Files
    <files .htaccess>
    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    Require all denied
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    </IfModule>
    </files>
    <files readme.html>
    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    Require all denied
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    </IfModule>
    </files>
    <files readme.txt>
    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    Require all denied
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    </IfModule>
    </files>
    <files wp-config.php>
    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    Require all denied
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    </IfModule>
    </files>

    # Disable Directory Browsing – Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Directory Browsing
    Options -Indexes

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    # Protect System Files – Security > Settings > System Tweaks > System Files
    RewriteRule ^wp-admin/install\.php$ – [F]
    RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ – [F]
    RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ – [S=3]
    RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ – [F]
    RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php – [F]
    RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ – [F]

    # Disable PHP in Uploads – Security > Settings > System Tweaks > PHP in Uploads
    RewriteRule ^wp\-content/uploads/.*\.(?:php[1-7]?|pht|phtml?|phps)$ – [NC,F]

    # Filter Request Methods – Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Request Methods
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC]
    RewriteRule ^.* – [F]

    # Filter Suspicious Query Strings in the URL – Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Suspicious Query Strings
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \.\.\/ [OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \.(bash|git|hg|log|svn|swp|cvs) [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} etc/passwd [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} boot\.ini [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ftp: [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} https?: [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)script(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|%3D) [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_decode\( [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} %24&x [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} 127\.0 [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (globals|encode|localhost|loopback) [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (concat|insert|union|declare) [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} %[01][0-9A-F] [NC]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^loggedout=true
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^action=jetpack-sso
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^action=rp
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !wordpress_logged_in_
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://maps\.googleapis\.com
    RewriteRule ^.* – [F]

    # Filter Non-English Characters – Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Non-English Characters
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} %[A-F][0-9A-F] [NC]
    RewriteRule ^.* – [F]
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    # Reduce Comment Spam – Security > Settings > WordPress Tweaks > Comment Spam
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /wp-comments-post\.php$
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https?://(([^/]+\.)?org\.uk|jetpack\.wordpress\.com/jetpack-comment)(/|$) [NC]
    RewriteRule ^.* – [F]
    </IfModule>
    # END iThemes Security – Do not modify or remove this line

    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

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