[TYPO3] 403 Forbidden on Link Addition in Plain HTML

[Martin Mifsud]

Hi

I've seen this as a result of certain rulesets in mod_security for 
Apache. Can you check if you're using that?


Martin

Alex Palmer wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> I've been having a problem since Typo3 4.0, and I've almost pulled my 
> hair out as a result!
> 
> I frequently use Plain HTML content blocks on my site, and every once in 
> a while I need to add an external URI link.  I add the HTML as you'd 
> expect, with the href pointing to an address, e.g. 
> "http://www.google.com/".  However, when I try to save the content 
> block, I get a 403 Forbidden error stating "You don't have permission to 
> access /typo3/typo3/alt_doc.php on this server".
> 
> After some testing, I found that it's the "http://" part that makes the 
> error usually occur, although the error doesn't appear every time I add 
> an external link.  I can't leave it out though, otherwise the link will 
> point to something internal (e.g. "example.com/www.google.com").
> 
> If I try to save a page and the error appears, the error will appear 
> every single time I try and save the page, meaning clicking Save loads 
> of times in the hope of it suddenly working gets me nowhere.
> 
> This forbidden error also happens when I add a non-breaking backspace 
> ( ) when using the RTE (I use them for two spaces after a 
> full-stop).  I'll live without the two spaces though, just not external 
> links!
> 
> CHMOD permissions are mostly set to 755 for alt_doc.php and other files, 
> though I've tried combinations of 777 and 644 too.
> 
> I'm not sure if I can access the PHP error logs or if they even exist, 
> nor do I know where they are if they do.  I'm using Typo3 4.0.1, PHP 
> 4.3.11, MySQL 4.0.27 and Apache 1.3.34 on Unix.
> 
> Please help!  I think this is pretty much the only thing stopping the 
> site from being released to the masses. =(
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Alex
> 
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