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  • May 9, 2023 at 9:22 PM #41778
    Jan van NiekerkJan van Niekerk
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    Hi

    Please can you help with a security issue? Ever since we added a metabox login, the amount of spam sign-ups have gone through the roof. You can tell by the sign-ups it is just a bot signing up over and over again.

    This is what our shortcode looks like and the signup url, I thought we covered all the security needed.

    [mb_user_profile_register id="user-profiles" label_submit="Register" email_confirmation="true" role="vendor" redirect="https://www.ergafrica.com/supplier-agreement/" password_strength="medium" email_as_username="true"  recaptcha_key="6Lf81iIlAAAAACyK6lyUazMcd_HeKS7ZFt7x5Pbq" recaptcha_secret="6Lf81iIlAAAAACl4FaLwAQ5M4ltxIu5J-3bJE6v8" ]

    https://www.ergafrica.com/supplier-declarations/

    May 10, 2023 at 7:00 PM #41790
    PeterPeter
    Moderator

    Hello Jan,

    I see the reCaptcha feature works as well on your site so I'm not sure why the bot can pass the restriction. If the reCaptcha v3 does not help to prevent the bot from spamming, you can consider using another plugin like Akismet to see if it helps.
    Or you can create honeypot fields to filter the bot submission, follow this article https://dev.to/felipperegazio/how-to-create-a-simple-honeypot-to-protect-your-web-forms-from-spammers--25n8

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