Strange: 403 error while accessing WP Admin from Firefox

Resolved Bhooshan
(@bhooshan)

17 years, 7 months ago

I just discovered that I get a Error 403 dialog when I try to access my Dashboard. I get the message when I have filled my username/password and pressed the submit button. Strangely though, I am able to access my Dashboard through Internet Explorer but not through Firefox.

I accessed my Dashboard from my home PC quite successfully yesterday. I contacted my host provider to see if my office IP has been blocked for some reason, and he answered in the negative. I haven’t yet accessed my admin panel from another machine in the office using FF. Does anybody know the solution?

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Thread Starter Bhooshan
(@bhooshan)

17 years, 7 months ago

Anybody has any clues on this?

sotek
(@sotek)

17 years, 7 months ago

Hi,

it seems i’v got the same problem with Firefox AND Internet explorer.

I can’t access my dashboard, it takes a sooo long time and nothing happen. Looks like a 403 error too

help plz!

sotek
(@sotek)

17 years, 7 months ago

Erf, can’t update my blog anymore coz of this problem.

Powlow
(@powlow)

17 years, 7 months ago

Hi,

this also happens to me and a workaround it to go to edit.php instead of index.php for example.

So instead of http://example.com/wp-admin
go to
http://example.com/wp-admin/edit.php

No idea why this happens but it is a bit annoying.

You’ll find everything works fine.

Hope that helps and works for you!

sotek
(@sotek)

17 years, 7 months ago

Thanks for your help but, unfortunately, it doesn’t work. I’ve got the same problem.

I can’t access the whole wp-admin

I’ve tried to upload again this repertory from a newly downloaded version, but it does not change anything.

sotek
(@sotek)

17 years, 7 months ago

in fact, idon’t get an error, the page just remains white and loading.

I contacted my webhoster and they told me they could not access the dashboard either but that they did not know the origin of the problem

sotek
(@sotek)

17 years, 7 months ago

It looks like we don’t have the same problem Bhooshan. I will create a new topic about mine.

angsuman
(@angsuman)

17 years, 7 months ago

You can try the WordPress Dashboard hack. It should solve your problem and also make the Dashboard much much faster.

sotek
(@sotek)

17 years, 7 months ago

Thanks but it still does not work. I have the same problem.

I really don’t know its origin…

Thread Starter Bhooshan
(@bhooshan)

17 years, 7 months ago

Hi Sotek. You’re right. Our problem seems different coz I CAN access my dahsboard via FF in my home PC but not in my office 🙂 But I hope your problem gets resolved soon. It’s nightmarish not see the dashboard of WP for days 😉

I will try accessing my dashboard from my office PC tomorrow and update you guys. I will also post the exact error message that I get.

Thanks Angsuman. I will try the hack if required 🙂

angsuman
(@angsuman)

17 years, 7 months ago

Sotek,
As I said do provide a screenshot. Please don’t post the same query in two different posts as it becomes difficult to track them.

Thread Starter Bhooshan
(@bhooshan)

17 years, 7 months ago

This is the exact error message that I get:

Error 403

We’re sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /wp/wp-login.php on this server.

You do not have permission to access this server. Before trying again, close your browser, run anti-virus and anti-spyware software and remove any viruses and spyware from your computer.

Your technical support key is: cbc5-2b1e-b40c-8ddc

You can use this key to fix this problem yourself.

If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact bxxxxxx at gmail.com and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.

As mentioned earlier, this happenes only when I try to access the dashboard through Firefox. Anybody with a solution please?

Chris_K
(@handysolo)

17 years, 7 months ago

You running Bad Behavior?

Thread Starter Bhooshan
(@bhooshan)

17 years, 7 months ago

Hi HandySolo. Yes I am running Bad Behavior. Why do you ask? Just for information, I can still access the Admin Panel through IE 🙁

Chris_K
(@handysolo)

17 years, 7 months ago

Well, that message looks like a BB block message.

What extensions are you running with Firefox?