#3955 closed defect (bug) (invalid)
Using permalinks prevents access to cgi-bin
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Administration | Version: | 2.1.2 |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | permalinks htaccess cgi-bin |
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Description
When permalinks are enabled from the admin interface and the WordPress URI is located in the root directory, you can not access the cgi-bin. You are supplied with a 403 Forbidden error. When the WordPress generated rewrite rules are removed from the .htaccess file, then the cgi-bin functions normally again.
Trying to stop redirects for the cgi-bin using a rewrite condition has no effect.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin/
This has been a problem since at least 2.0.3, probably longer.
Change History (5)
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foolswisdom — 6 years ago
- Milestone changed from 2.2 to 2.3
- Priority changed from high to normal
- Severity changed from major to normal
well, I can't reproduce it; the only time I get 403 is when trying to access /cgi-bin without any script name (i.e. as a directory), and then it's not because of wordpress (Apache complains in error_log that I tried to execute a directory). I'd suggest checking your error logs and your Apache configuration again.
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from new to closed
This was a server issue. Please close.
That does not make sense to me, b/c the rewrite condition is if the directory/folder does not exist. Can you provide more details about the configuration. Is there a test that I can run on some of my systems?