Title: Does WPDataTables Plugin Trigger SQL Injection Warning?
Last modified: July 11, 2017

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# Does WPDataTables Plugin Trigger SQL Injection Warning?

 *  Resolved [bonus21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonus21/)
 * (@bonus21)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wpdatatables-plugin-trigger-sql-injection-warning/)
 * I am using [WPdatatables](https://wpdatatables.com) plugin on my site wellclientapp.
   com and since I have installed it, I have not been able to get it working.
    I
   got my security summary from WordFence and noticed that perhaps WF is blocking
   the plugin…
 * > **Recently Blocked Attacks**
   >  Time IP / Action July 10, 2017 2:06pm 192.0.192.51(
   > Canada) Blocked for SQL Injection in POST body: table_content=SELECT wp_4_posts.*
   > FROM wp_4_posts INNER JOIN wp_4_postmeta ON ( wp_4_posts.ID = wp_4_postmeta.
   > p\xea July 10, 2017 2:03pm 192.0.192.51 (Canada) Blocked for SQL Injection 
   > in POST body: table_content=SELECT wp_4_posts.* FROM wp_4_posts INNER JOIN 
   > wp_4_postmeta ON ( wp_4_posts.ID = wp_4_postmeta.p\xea July 7, 2017 10:50am
   > 192.0.192.51 (Canada) Blocked for SQL Injection in POST body: table_content
   > =SELECT wp_4_posts.* FROM wp_4_posts INNER JOIN wp_4_postmeta ON ( wp_4_posts.
   > ID = wp_4_postmeta.p\xea
 * Is there a way to allow the plugin?
 * Thanks

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 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wpdatatables-plugin-trigger-sql-injection-warning/#post-9327766)
 * Hi bonus21,
    After trying to use the plugin, I suggest checking (Wordfence > 
   Live Traffic) and filter the traffic by “Blocked by Firewall”, if any of the 
   listed entries has some queries related to this specific plugin, you can whitelist
   the request right there in the Live Traffic log, or switch the “[Firewall Status](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/WAF#Firewall_Status)”
   into “[Learning Mode](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Web_Application_Firewall_-_How_to_use_Learning_Mode)”
   for a couple of days or something (make sure to use the plugin in this period)
   then revert it back to “Enabled and Protecting”.
 * Let me know how it goes,
    Thanks.
 *  [wfchloe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfchloe/)
 * (@wfchloe)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wpdatatables-plugin-trigger-sql-injection-warning/#post-9393372)
 * Hello!
 * I hope we were successful in helping you resolve your issue with Wordfence! Since
   we have not heard back from you in the past 2 weeks I will now be marking this
   support thread as resolved. However, if we still haven’t resolved your issue 
   please reach out to us as we would be more than happy to further assist you!
 * Thanks and have a great day!
    Chloe

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 * Last reply from: [wfchloe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfchloe/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wpdatatables-plugin-trigger-sql-injection-warning/#post-9393372)
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