Spammer bypassed Comment captcha

  • Resolved ejwjohn

    (@ejwjohn)


    8 years, 3 months ago

    I have the plugin configured on a site with a score of 355 on the dashboard.

    I also have Captcha enabled on comments and still someone managed to bypass the Captcha and leave an anonymous Comment with no content no email address no name, bypassing the mandatory fields check.

    And from an IP address that, came up with virtually no info when i used the built in WHo Is page.

    I later found out that is belongs to an ISP based in Buffalo USA.

    How can this happen after installing the plugin and configuring it to catch these sorts of events.

    Thank You

    John

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  • Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    Hi John, in regards to the following comment.

    I also have Captcha enabled on comments and still someone managed to bypass the Captcha and leave an anonymous Comment with no content no email address no name, bypassing the mandatory fields check.

    The Captcha is only there to make sure that it is a human adding a comment and not a machine. So if someone added a comment then I certain it was a human.

    My question is, what did you expect when you added the Captcha for comments?

    Regards

    Thread Starter ejwjohn

    (@ejwjohn)

    OK, i understand what you are saying however:-

    How can a human enter a blank comment with no name or email? there was an Author it was listed as (IP: 107.172.57.66, 107-172-57-66-host.colocrossing.com).

    Does Author relate to Name?

    How can you verify that Captcha has been successfully completed?

    john

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    If you don’t enter the correct captcha you will no be able to enter a comment. I am not sure how they bypassed your mandatory field check. Have you checked your plugin log files found in the Dashboard?

    Thread Starter ejwjohn

    (@ejwjohn)

    All AIOWPS log files are empty.

    The Comment field on the post page is a standard WP feature isn’t it?

    Are you saying the WP failed to stop an erroneous Comment from being logged?

    Thx

    John

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    Yes, that is correct. The comment field is a WordPress standard feature. You will have to investigate this further.

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