SubscribeWe may have a problem with our comment system. One of our readers reported seeing this error after trying to post a comment on a story here:
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /wp-comments-post.php on this server.
Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at stopthecap.com Port 80
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Commenting on the desktop seems to work. It’s in the Firefox mobile browser which returns the “Forbidden” error. (Guess where I do most of my browsing?)
NoScript reports that (the mobile site) is sending a suspicious cross-site scripting (XSS) post request from jetpack.wordpress.com, though it gives the option of unsafe reload. I imagine the mobile browser just strips it without warning.
Aha… thanks for this. Jetpack was just updated last week and must have changed something. This helps us track this one down.
I’ve been having this problem ever since I started visiting this site, which was February at the latest.