HTTP Error on media upload Caused by Wordfence

  • I just burned up 8 hours trying to fix a problem caused by Wordfence.
    “HTTP Error” of image upload, except for the Administrator.
    I never used the Wordfence firewall, but it seems the latest update turned it on.

    Eventually read a post that said to Manually update the firewall rules and that did not fix the problem.
    I’ve turned off the file upload rules and that fixed the problem.
    Thanks for burning up my whole day, guys.
    I’m only posting this so that other people don’t ruin their day.

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  • You can fix this by disabling the “Malicious File Upload (PHP)” in the Firewall section of Wordfence. I had the same issue. Same frustrations trying to figure it out too. I hope Wordfence authors address this.

    I’m now experiencing this on many of my sites, but only for non-administrators.

    I unchecked all 3 “Malicious File Upload” options (1 near top, 2 near bottom – Patterns & PHP) and it now works. Honestly, I don’t feel like testing if you need to uncheck all 3 or just the 1, and it didn’t matter much to me since my other option was to just disable the firewall all together.

    Side note: The first “Malicious File Upload” option, 5 down from the top, is misspelled “Malicous File Upload” in case anyone is searching

    Same issues. Appears only non-admins cannot upload. I disabled just the PHP one and I’m still getting reports of issues. I’ll try to uncheck the others. I’m guessing this probably opens some security holes, so I’m hoping this is temporary.

    I’ve run Shield or NinjaFirewall in conjunction with WordPress for years. Both of those have kept my sites safe from malicious uploads. You may want to go that route.

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