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#12511 Modules Stopped Working

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:43 CDT

Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:19 CDT

user10217
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes FAQ and followed using Google Console
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes How to determine which exceptions are required
Joomla! version: 2.5.4
PHP version: 5.3.3
MySQL version: 5.0.95
Host: crystalcavens.co.uk/bodease
Admin Tools version: 2.1.5
Description of my issue:

jbg Music module stpped working (as did a few others) when I installed Admin Tools. Using the documentation above all the other modules are now ok having entered the exceptions in the htaccess file. JBG music will not load with error

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 (Forbidden) http://www.crystalcaverns.co.uk/bodease/modules/mod_jbgmusic/xspf_player_small.swf?playlist_url=http://www.crystalcaverns.co.uk/bodease/tmp/1091481232091jbg.xspf&thisuri=crystalcaverns.co.uk&thismodule=jbgmusic&playertype=small&autoplay=true&repeat_playlist=true&hideplayer=true&autoresume=1&unique_key=
2postmessage message type required

Have added modules/mod_jbgmusic/xspf_player_small.swf in direct access exceptions but still error remains. Could you point me in the right direction here please.

Site URL crystalcaverns.co.uk/bodease and module would display in footer.

Many thanks

Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:43 CDT

nicholas
Please take a look at and follow these troubleshooting instructions: https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/athtaccessexceptions.html I think that you just have to also add the location of the playlist (http://www.crystalcaverns.co.uk/bodease/tmp/1091481232091jbg.xspf) to the list of allowed files.

That said, what this plugin does is STUPID and INSECURE. The author of the plugin is trying to access data from the tmp directory of your site directly over the web. This is off the charts in terms of stupidity. First, he assumes that the tmp directory is inside the root of the site which is simply not true. In fact, it is advisable to move that directory outside the web root. Then, he's treating files inside the tmp directory as permanent. This is simply utterly wrong. The data in the tmp directory should only be assumed to be there during the same pageload they were generated in. It is normal that the tmp directory is being emptied periodically. Finally, even though the tmp directory is supposed to contain temporary data not accessible over the web, the author of the plugin tries to access this data over the web. In the scale of insecure practices this goes off the chart. My suggestion: replace that plugin with a different one which is better written. This one looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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