Ajax.php issue

  • Resolved Testaaja

    (@listafriikki)


    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi there,

    Today, when we were writing just a normal post (using the classic editor) and went to add a text link, before we pasted that link on the empty row, this appeared:

    Picture 1

    We pushed the dismiss button, and actually our site seems to work faster than it previously did. But should we allow it, and might it be something malicious?

    Not sure if this will help: it’s from the Wordfence Live Traffic (the information shows that it was one of our users so his/hers name is hidden underneath that red line):

    Picture 2

    This has never happened before, and the site has been online for about 18 months now.

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  • Plugin Support wfphil

    (@wfphil)

    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi @listafriikki

    I see that you have expanded editor functionality, which I presume is being provided by another plugin. If that is the case then it appears that plugin has generated a request that the Wordfence firewall blocked. The block is caused by the option Monitor background requests from an administrator’s web browser for false positives >> Admin Panel found in the Allowlisted URLs section on the All Options page. Below is our documentation for this option:

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/options/#monitor-background-requests

    Thread Starter Testaaja

    (@listafriikki)

    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi there,

    And thank you for your response.

    We indeed do have Classic Editor plugin, but it’s been there for at least over a year, and this thing happened yesterday.

    So are you suggesting we should allowlist it? Or should we be worried about it?

    I don’t know if it matters, but our theme is SociallyViral: just wanted to let you know.

    I also noticed on the Live Traffic, that Wordfence had blocked someone from China and it also had that Ajax.php mentioned on it. But it happened later on yesterday.

    But anyways, I would appreciate if you could let us know whether there’s nothing to worry about or can we just allowlist it.

    Plugin Support wfphil

    (@wfphil)

    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi @listafriikki

    Thank you for the update.

    Going back to my original reply, your screenshot shows that you have extended editor functionality, which I presume is being provided by another plugin. If that is the case then it appears that plugin has generated a request that the Wordfence firewall blocked. You can use the option to add the block to the allowlist.

    You can share a screenshot of your Live Traffic page if you wish to.

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