Mandatory information about my setup:
Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? https://www.akeebabackup.com/support/admin-tools/12656-security-message-template--in-url.html
Joomla! version: 2.5
PHP version: (unknown)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Admin Tools version: (unknown) Latest
Description of my issue:
Hi Nikolas, I have the template= in URL issue as well (Security Exception), which is actually occuring with google's crawlbot IP. My question is, the "send article by email" feature refers to the email icons displayed with articles? If so, I've disabled them in Article Manager. Further, I'm wondering if setting "Allow site templates" to Yes will pose some sort of security risk?
HTACCESS
There are files in the root directory such as readme.xml (Joomla) which can be directly accessed via the site url and filename. Is it advisable to restrict access to these files via .htaccess maker. If so, how do I go about doing that? would using the following work?:
<Files file.xml>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
