Moderators Functions - vbAccessDenied

Keywords: admincp, access denied, forum access, access, user, admin, usergroup


This modification contains a MySQL injection vulnerability, and you are hereby advised to unintall this modification until such time that the author provides a fix.
-- vBorg Staff


Description:
A powerful tool for customizing the generic vBulletin access denied message.

Translations
German (Thanks to alluidh)

Features:

• Fully Phrased.
• Turn on or off in admin cp.
• Created a custom message for any vBulletin generic access denied message.
• Personalize messages with any user, forum or usergroup information.
• Automatically send a PM to one or more users the first time a member receives a specific access denied message.
• Personalize the PM with any user, forum or usergroup information.
• Add an approval link to the automatic PM that will give the user a new primary or secondary usergroup of your choice when clicked.
• Send a PM to everyone who received the original access request, and the requesting user, when they are approved.
• Several layers of security.

Use Case
On my board we only allow access to a few forums until a user has been approved by an admin. The sample screen shots show this process in action.

Install

1. Download the vbAccessDenied_1.0.zip file.
2. Unzip and upload the files in the upload directory to your forum root.
3. Import the product file in your admincp.
4. Create custom messages as desired.

1.1 Changes

1. Supports bbcodes in messages (see updated screen shot).
2. Fixed sql bug that prevented many messages from showing properly.
3. Removed 255 character limit on messages.

Upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1
You will need to reupload all files, and uninstall and reinstall the product to upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1. Please copy your messages to a text editor first if you want to save them.

[hambil]

Well, if you don't want the forums to show at all you don't need this hack for that. However, if you want to have the forums visible, but give them a detailed access denied message when the new user tries to post this is the hack for you.

On my board all new members are restricted to a handful of forums. When they try to post in a forum they can see, but not post in, the access denied message is intercepted by this hack, and they are given the message I've attached a screen shot of.

A pm is then sent to all admins. When an admin clicks on the approve link in the pm another pm is sent to the user letting them know they are approved, and all the other admins are cc'd on it.

It works very well for us.

[MissKalunji]

Ok then thanks

[MissKalunji]

Im trying to uninstall and when an unregistered user tries to see an error page this comes up :


Invalid SQL:

SELECT * FROM accessdenied_message
WHERE usergroupid = 1
AND forumid = 0
AND (script = 'member(*)' OR script = '*');

MySQL Error : Table 'danceha_forums.accessdenied_message' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date : Monday, May 15th 2006 @ 10:00:21 PM
Script : http://profile.dancehallareaz.com/me...getinfo&u=3894
Referrer :
IP Address : 66.249.65.197
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vb_database

[hambil]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

Im trying to uninstall and when an unregistered user tries to see an error page this comes up :


Invalid SQL:

SELECT * FROM accessdenied_message
WHERE usergroupid = 1
AND forumid = 0
AND (script = 'member(*)' OR script = '*');

MySQL Error : Table 'danceha_forums.accessdenied_message' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date : Monday, May 15th 2006 @ 10:00:21 PM
Script : http://profile.dancehallareaz.com/me...getinfo&u=3894
Referrer :
IP Address : 66.249.65.197
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vb_database

For some reason it didn't uninstall completely. It looks like a plug in is still active. Once you've used the uninstall in products, check for any plugins that are still there and delete them if necessary.

[MissKalunji]

No everything is uninstall

I checked and double check nothing

[MissKalunji]

When i disable is fine as soon as i uninstall error

[hambil]

The code in that error exists inside a plugin. How it could hang around after being uninstalled baffles me.

[MissKalunji]

humph fine. I'll get someone to fix it for me then
Thx

[hambil]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

humph fine. I'll get someone to fix it for me then
Thx

I'm happy to take a look at it on your site. I just don't know how it is happening is all.

[Stop]

O God. I've been waiting for this powerful hack days and nights. Thanks in advanced.
Let me give it a try.