Cannot save post containing certain text

  • clinthopgood

    (@clinthopgood)


    7 years ago

    If my the post contains “if(” or “if (” with any number of spaces between the f and the ( the post fails to save with the warning “Updating failed”.

    I’m using Guttenburg, but am thinking maybe I should revert to the classic editor.

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  • Kyle Pott

    (@kylepott)

    7 years ago

    Hi Clinton,

    I am unable to reproduce this error on WordPress 5.1.1. Can you confirm you have a good connection and there are no plugin conflicts?

    Kyle

    Thread Starter clinthopgood

    (@clinthopgood)

    7 years ago

    Hi Kyle,

    I disabled every plugin, and enabled the twentynineteen theme. I recreated this issue on a completely different website using the latest WordPress version.

    Thread Starter clinthopgood

    (@clinthopgood)

    7 years ago

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    Kyle Pott

    (@kylepott)

    7 years ago

    Hi Clinton,

    I’m glad you were able to recreate the error on another system. Can you provide me step-by-step instructions and I will try to reproduce the error again today? I would like to open a bug report for the main trunk of WordPress.

    This defect has the potential to be a heightened concern – especially if the Gutenberg editor is interpreting text as SQL or as a script – that could open up other security concerns. I’m not certain that’s what’s happening here, but I would like to understand better what’s going on and escalate to the WordPress developers.

    Thanks for following up Clinton.

    Kyle

    Thread Starter clinthopgood

    (@clinthopgood)

    7 years ago

    Turns out it was a permission issue with my web host. I’ve asked them for further clarification on what they white listed to fix the issue. I’ll post this if/when they tell me.

    Here’s a screen capture of the problem. https://imgur.com/BKntRed

    Kyle Pott

    (@kylepott)

    7 years ago

    Thanks Clinton. Sorry you’re dealing with this frustration, but glad it’s not a more widespread issue with WordPress.

    Take care!

    Kyle

    Thread Starter clinthopgood

    (@clinthopgood)

    7 years ago

    The resolution was for my web host to white list a rule in their firewall, which was a false positive response to the post update activity of the Gutenburg editor. It is likely a common issue with web hosts. Maybe the way saves are initiated in the new WordPress editor can cause a firewall red flag.

    Thanks for your assistance.

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