Log File

  • Resolved dadams76

    (@dadams76)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    Why is the plugin generating a log file in wp-admin/logfile.txt? Is this file save on my server or is it a backdoor for a hacker? Below is what the file says: Thank You!!

    [2018-08-22 17:33 UTC] HTTP request of validation request:POST /cgi-bin/webscr HTTP/1.1
Host: www.paypal.com
Accept: */*
Connection: Close
Content-Length: 805
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Sidenote: Thinking to be better safe than sorry, I redacted that log. There seemed to be lots of email addresses and other potentially private information. Perhaps that’s better emailed to the devs or handled through their website. However, I’ll leave it up to them to advise you on whether you can/should post the log publicly or handle it via other means.

    Plugin Author Scott Paterson

    (@scottpaterson)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hi @dadams76,

    That’s not caused by this plugin. This plugin doesn’t write any logs. That’s from another plugin or something on your server.

    Thanks,
    Scott

    Thread Starter dadams76

    (@dadams76)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Scott,
    I went in the File Manager and made sure the log_file wasn’t there. Then I deactivated all plugins except yours. I made a one time donation to my church (https://vlccidaho.org/index.php/one-time-donation/). The log file was showed up on the server. I saved it. It has the uers email address, also some PayPal information. I don’t want to show you the information here. If you send me your email address, I will be more than happy to send you this file. Since every plugin was disabled, it has to be your plugin. I never had this issue before I installed your plugin.

    Thanks for your understanding,
    Dave

    Plugin Author Scott Paterson

    (@scottpaterson)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Dave,

    I think I might have figured out what is happening. The plugin includes the default PayPal notification logging code for debugging issues which is not used by the plugin by default. However if somewhere else on your site such as wp-config.php or functions.php or elsewhere you set the global variable DEBUG = TRUE; then that would cause the code to log.

    Thanks,
    Scott

    Thread Starter dadams76

    (@dadams76)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Scott,
    I did a search in my File Manager from the root folder using global variable DEBUG. my search No File Found. Do you know exactly where I can look?

    Thanks,
    Dave

    Thread Starter dadams76

    (@dadams76)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Scott,
    Do plan on upgrading your recurring option to to PayPal’s code? Please refer to this link.

    Thanks for your time,
    Dave

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