Title: Cannot edit recipes – ModSecurity error
Last modified: April 8, 2024

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# Cannot edit recipes – ModSecurity error

 *  Resolved [evisionarts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alixmaryo/)
 * (@alixmaryo)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-recipes-modsecurity-error/)
 * Hi there, I can no longer edit recipes. I can create them, but not edit them.
   I get a server 500 error. When I looked at the error logs there is a security
   warning:
 * ModSecurity: Warning. detected SQLi using libinjection with fingerprint ‘n&nk1’[
   file
   “/etc/modsecurity/mod_sec3_CRS/REQUEST-942-APPLICATION-ATTACK-SQLI.conf”][
   line “65”] [id “942100”] [msg “SQL Injection Attack Detected via libinjection”][
   data “Matched Data: n&nk1 found within ARGS:recipe.ingredients.ingredients.ingredients.
   ingredients.name: Juice and zest from 1 lemon”] [severity “CRITICAL”] [ver “OWASP_CRS/
   3.3.2”]
 * and
 * ModSecurity: Access denied with code 418 (phase 2). Operator GE matched 7 at 
   TX:anomaly_score. [file “/etc/modsecurity/mod_sec3_CRS/REQUEST-949-BLOCKING-EVALUATION.
   conf”] [line “93”] [id “949110”] [msg “Inbound Anomaly Score Exceeded (Total 
   Score: 10)”] [severity “CRITICAL”] [ver “OWASP_CRS/3.3.2”]
 * I’m using WP Recipe Maker Version 9.3.1 and WordPress 6.5 on dreamhost.
 * Thank you for any help you can provide. – Mary
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-edit-recipes-modsecurity-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Brecht](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brechtvds/)
 * (@brechtvds)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-recipes-modsecurity-error/#post-17560578)
 * Hi Mary,
 * Looks like a ModSecurity rule that your webhost set up. I recommend contacting
   them to check what it’s triggering on.
 *  Thread Starter [evisionarts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alixmaryo/)
 * (@alixmaryo)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-recipes-modsecurity-error/#post-17715952)
 * Whoops, sorry, just realized I forgot to come back and update this. Brecht was
   right, it was a ModSecurity rule the webhost had set up that caused the problem
   and they were able to fix it for me. Hope this helps anyone who has the same 
   issue.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-recipes-modsecurity-error/#post-17715952)
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