Email notification if someone attempts to access your Admin CP

This is my version of the hack that Firefly released for VB2.

VB3's standard log of failed admincp login attempts is a nice feature.. but since you get no instant notification, by the time you check the log it could be too late. Also, the log doesn't show which passwords the potential intruder is trying... If someone is close to guessing my password I wanna know about it!

What does it do? With this hack, when someone tries to login to your admincp or modcp you'll get an email that contains the username they tried, the password they tried, their ip address, hostname, # of strikes, referer, script, and the date & time of the attempt.

It will look something like this:

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WARNING: Failed admin logon in vBulletin 3.0.1
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Someone is trying to login to your Admin CP!

Username tried: JimbobJoe
Password tried: aCcEsS
IP Address: 67.13.27.156
Host: asd691917124.whatever.com
Strikes: 1/5
Referer: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/admincp/
Script: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/login.php
Date: Wednesday 28th of April 2004 07:50:02 AM
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If the person who is attempting to access your CP happens to be registered & logged in, this line will also be included in the email:

vBulletin has identified this user as: (intruder's real username here)

(Thanks to AlexanderT for the idea for this addon.)


Update (1-4-05): A couple of users have expressed concern about this mod sending a plaintext password over http for all logins. This update (v1.1) addresses that concern by only sending the password for cplogins. To update just re-do the first step in the instructions for your vbulletin version (the first edit to adminfunctions.php). Or if you'd prefer that the attempted password not be sent at all simply skip the edits to adminfunctions.php.

If you don't recieve an email when testing, make sure you have the webmaster email set in the admincp (vBulletin Options + Site Name / URL / Contact Details). Also, sometimes it takes a while for the email to arrive. So give it plenty of time before screaming "it doesn't work"..

Still not working? Read this!

Credits: Thanks to the original creator of this hack (Chen) for the idea, and thanks to Boofo for helping me test it.

[Intex]

Nice hack EviLS1 - /me clicks install.

[RonH.]

Installed 10 minutes ago and appears to be working as advertised. Thanks.

[0zone]

Great hack. Thank you!

Installed, tested and working perfectly.

[clicks install]

[Bulent Tekcan]

Why I receive every attack 4 mails ?

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by turkeyforum

Why I receive every attack 4 mails ?

You should recieve only one warning email every time someone tries to login with an incorrect password or username. If you received 4 emails it means someone made 4 seperate attempts to access your CP. If you have the strike system enabled you will receive a maximum of 5 emails if they try to do it over and over again.

[egyptsons]

good one I like it

[zahco]

Thanks a lot
for this hak

zahco

[EyeCrave]

Installed. Especially after I found scripts in my /forums directory that shouldn't have been there and then users complained of their posts disappearing.

Thanks.

[dfaonxa]

*clicked install* Great job!

[flyertalk]

Works for me on version 3.0.0! Excellent stuff, thanks!