Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

DU Community Help

LuvLoogie

(8,841 posts)

6. I did a Google search and got this explanation

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:02 PM

20 hrs ago

A 403 Forbidden error triggered by quotation marks (single or double) usually occurs because a website's security system, such as a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or ModSecurity, interprets the marks as a potential SQL injection or Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack.
forum.ait-pro.com

For Website Visitors (Trying to submit or search)
If you are seeing this error when typing into a search bar or form:
Remove the marks: Try searching or submitting without any quotation marks or apostrophes.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

10 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

I'm getting 403 Forbidden error messages with both board posts and email. [View all] highplainsdem 21 hrs ago OP

It posted. SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #1

I just tried posting a reply here, with the text of the message I tried to post in GD, and got the 403 error response. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #3

Try cleaning your browser cache LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #2

I did, but that still didn't help and I got the error message again. Then I finally tried copying the long highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #4

I just did more checking of that short paragraph I had to omit, and it seems even weirder now. The highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #5

I did a Google search and got this explanation LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #6

Thanks! But why would the placement just before or one space before that particular word highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #7

I got some yesterday, but not today and I was using quotation marks. surfered 18 hrs ago #8

Was anything you were trying to post completely blocked? highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #9

Yes. 403 message. Couldn't post surfered 14 hrs ago #10