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Captcha stopped working - Giving a 404

  • March 27, 2019
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I recently switched CF from using the system account to a restricted user account. I just noticed that my captcha images are not displaying (they are 404's), I thought I must have to give access to another folder (full access to web root and Coldfusion2016 folder given), however, I just switched it back to using a system account and for good measure rebooted the server, it's still not working.

Here is an example of an image that is giving a 404

https://www.kigso.com/CFFileServlet/_cf_captcha/_captcha_img5757781384502625729.png

This has been working fine for years so I'm a little lost as to what might be causing it

Can anybody help.

Thanks

Mark

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Correct answer pete_freitag

I worked with the original poster - we found that the problem was due to blocking /CFFileServlet in IIS Request Filtering. Removing the block in request filtering fixed the problem.

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Pete Freitag

Foundeo Inc.

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March 27, 2019

I worked with the original poster - we found that the problem was due to blocking /CFFileServlet in IIS Request Filtering. Removing the block in request filtering fixed the problem.

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Pete Freitag

Foundeo Inc.

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March 27, 2019

Big thanks to Pete for helping me with getting to the route of this problem!

Charlie Arehart
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Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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March 27, 2019

But notice how what you said had changed was indeed not all that had changed.

It's always important to think about all that changed  when faced with a challenge like this - - and all the more so when then putting it out there for others to help assess from afar. :-) Not a sermon, just a thought.

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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