Bug #2553
closed
Can't post comments with jetpack enabled
Added by Keith Miyake about 11 years ago.
Updated almost 11 years ago.
Category name:
WordPress (misc)
Description
Not sure if this is a new problem or something that has existed for some time, but with the jetpack plugin enabled, the comments system won't work if a user is not logged in with a commons account. The plugin replaces the built-in comment system with a multiple system (wordpress.com, facebook, etc.) login and if a user is logged in to anything other than the commons, hitting submit displays an error page with the text, "You are seeing this message because you have attempted to log into the CUNY Academic Commons using an unauthorized automated access method."(see attached screenshot, taken from http://studyofreligion.gc.cuny.edu)
Disabling jetpack or disabling the comments functionality of jetpack (which takes some digging through the jetpack interface to accomplish) both solve this problem, but the multiple login functionality of the jetpack comment system is actually quite nice so it's a shame to have to disable it.
Files
- Category name set to WordPress (misc)
- Status changed from New to Assigned
- Assignee set to Boone Gorges
- Severity set to Low impact
- Assignee changed from Boone Gorges to local admin
- Target version set to 1.4.27
This is due to some changes recently made on the Commons to prevent spam and other sorts of attacks on the site.
André, it looks like Jetpack works by hijacking (benevolently) the comment form, processing the user-submitted comment on their remote servers, and then beaming the comment back via POST request to wp-comments-post.php. That means that I need to whitelist their domain in my .htaccess rule. Could you please do me a favor and grep over the access logs for the past month or so, looking for POST requests to wp-comment-post.php? I'm pretty sure that the only domain I need to whitelist is jetpack.wordpress.com, but I want to glance at the relevant logs to be sure.
Boone, the default log format doesn't capture originating domain, only IP address. Here's some typical entries:
172.255.81.94 - - [01/May/2013:13:54:43 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 5588
96.47.225.82 - - [01/May/2013:13:54:47 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.1" 500 5508
186.4.110.36 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:03 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.1" 500 5476
37.59.76.162 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:06 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 5394
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:22 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7246
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:35 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7188
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:41 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7265
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:41 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7255
182.52.119.152 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:42 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 5355
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:49 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7366
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:55:53 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7250
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:56:04 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7308
77.120.242.3 - - [01/May/2013:13:56:16 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.1" 500 5821
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:56:20 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7180
219.224.101.81 - - [01/May/2013:13:56:50 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 6098
142.0.139.189 - - [01/May/2013:13:56:54 -0400] "POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.0" 500 7189
- Assignee changed from local admin to Boone Gorges
Oh, ok. I will contact my folks at Automattic to see if I can get it straight from the horse's mouth. Thanks, André.
- Status changed from Assigned to Hold
- Status changed from Hold to Resolved
The fix is live and confirmed working. Thanks for your patience.
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