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#11314 .swf plugin won't load even though it's in my exception list

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 29 February 2012 02:44 CST

Tuesday, 28 February 2012 22:27 CST

user56529
PHP Built on: Linux box747.bluehost.com 2.6.32-46.1.BHsmp #1 SMP Tue Sep 6 12:18:02 MDT 2011 x86_64
Database Version: 5.1.60-community-log
Database Collation: utf8_general_ci
PHP Version: 5.2.17
Web Server: Apache
Web Server to PHP interface: cgi-fcgi
Joomla! Version: Joomla! 1.5.22 Stable [ senu takaa ama woi ] 04-November-2010 18:00 GMT
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Admin Tools version: 2.2.0

Description of my issue:

A plugin won't load even though I followed the instructions and added it to the exception list.

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Wednesday, 29 February 2012 02:44 CST

nicholas
You're close, but not close enough. You have to do something different. Go to Components, Admin Tools, .htaccess Maker, set "Protect against common file injection attacks" to No and click on "Save and Create .htaccess".

Explanation: if you take a closer look at the URL, you will see that DewPlayer's SWF file is being passed a parameter about the file to play. The parameter is a full URL. The "Protect against common file injection attacks" blocks exactly that: requests with parameters which are or include a full http or https URL. It's one of those very rare cases where reading the documentation and troubleshooting instructions can't help you.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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