Unusual fake users issue

  • Resolved teepeenomad

    (@teepeenomad)


    2 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,
    I’m getting an unusual problem with fake users creating accounts on my site.
    If a human user creates an account I get an email notification saying i’ve got a new user and then it’s either approved or awaiting approval once they click the email verification. They’re also required to fill out a box on what vehicle they operate and this info also comes through in my verification email before they can register.

    However, the user section on WP can sometimes get filled with 20 new fake users a day and I get no email notification of this and they’re all instantly ‘approved’.

    They tend to all be very similar. For example, today i’ve received 14 emails with similar usernames and email addresses:
    username: test20969709
    email: [email protected]

    And then there are six random fake ones.

    Why am I getting these users, how are they bypassing the security and email verification and why am I not getting notified of these?

    Thank you,

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  • Thread Starter teepeenomad

    (@teepeenomad)

    Hi @marktrader

    I tried to redirect the link, but when doing so i’m faced with a drop down option to select either logged in or logged out users.

    So, if I set the redirection on WPForo’s login page to redirect users to my custom login, then anyone who is not already a member and logged into my site can no longer see/access the forum, which is what I don’t want.

    My developer says this may have something to do with there being a ‘?’ in the url?

    Do you have any advice for redirecting?
    Or is there a way to delete this page without redirecting?

    Thank you once again.

    Thread Starter teepeenomad

    (@teepeenomad)

    SOVLED, but just for anyone else who may encounter the same issue.

    I’ve managed to resolve this redirection issue after contacting WPForo support and asking for a way to simply disable the WPForo registration instead of redirecting as that was causing me too many issues.

    The way to disable WPForo registration is as follows:

    If you don’t want to use wpForo Reg/Login forms, go to Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Feature Tab and disable the below options:

    Enable User Registration(Disabling this option won’t let users register through wpForo Reg form)
    Replace Registration Page URL to Forum Registration Page URL
    Replace Login Page URL to Forum Login Page URL
    Replace Reset Password Page URL to Forum Reset Password Page URL
    Then go to Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Members Tab and check Custom Authorization URLs field, set the Login/Reg/Reset Password URL’s to UM ones.

    Thanks

    Plugin Support Ultimate Member Support

    (@ultimatemembersupport)

    Hi @teepeenomad

    Thanks for letting us know. We will write a doc for this solution.

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