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XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only — WordPress: XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only (xmlrpc.php) (WordPress)XML-RPC ser…file type is not permitted — WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type / Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons (WordPress)file type is not pe…403 Forbidden wp-admin — WordPress: 403 Forbidden on wp-admin, wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php (WordPress)403 Forbidden wp-ad…Are you sure you want to do this? — WordPress: Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again. (nonce check failed) (WordPress)Are you sure you wa…AADSTS50053 — AADSTS50053: Your account is locked (Smart Lockout) / sign-in blocked due to suspicious activity (Azure)AADSTS50053webhook signature — Webhook signature verification failed (Stripe, Razorpay, GitHub…) (API)webhook signatureSecurityException: Permission Denial — java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial ... requires android.permission.X (Android)SecurityException: …is damaged and can’t be opened — macOS: “App” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash. (macOS)is damaged and can’…invalid csrf token — ForbiddenError: invalid csrf token (EBADCSRFTOKEN) (Authentication)invalid csrf token405 — HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed (HTTP)405Link expired — WordPress: The link you followed has expired (WordPress)Link expiredautoplay blocked — NotAllowedError: play() failed because the user didn't interact with the document first. (JavaScript)autoplay blockedfile_type_not_allowed — Upload error: File type not allowed / unsupported file type (API)file_type_not_allow…403 — HTTP 403 Forbidden (HTTP)403Not allowed — WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page. (WordPress)Not allowed1020 — Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied (Cloudflare)1020Not a valid JSON response — WordPress: Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response. (WordPress)Not a valid JSON re…Cookies are blocked — WordPress login: Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress. (WordPress)Cookies are blockedThis block contains unexpected or invalid content — WordPress: This block contains unexpected or invalid content. Attempt Block Recovery (WordPress)This block contains…violates PodSecurity — Error creating: pods is forbidden: violates PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false ... (Kubernetes)violates PodSecurityREMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED — WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! (ssh host key changed) (Linux)REMOTE HOST IDENTIF…NO_PUBKEY — The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY (Linux)NO_PUBKEY400 — HTTP 400 Bad Request (HTTP)400401 — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (HTTP)401SignatureDoesNotMatch — AWS: SignatureDoesNotMatch / InvalidClientTokenId — the request signature we calculated does not match (AWS)SignatureDoesNotMat…EACCES — npm ERR! code EACCES — permission denied (npm)EACCESdaemon — Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running? (Docker)daemoninvalid_scope — OAuth 2.0 Error: invalid_scope / insufficient_scope (Authentication)invalid_scopeavc: denied — SELinux is preventing ... / avc: denied { read } for pid=... (permission denied despite correct permissions) (Linux)avc: denied1005 — Cloudflare Error 1005: Access denied — The owner of this website has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in (Cloudflare)10051006 — Cloudflare Error 1006 / 1007 / 1008: Access denied — Your IP address has been banned (Cloudflare)1006ExpiredToken — AWS: ExpiredToken — The security token included in the request is expired (AWS)ExpiredTokensession_start() — Warning: session_start(): Session cannot be started after headers have already been sent (PHP)session_start()session save path — Warning: session_start(): open(/var/lib/php/sessions/sess_x, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (PHP)session save path404 — HTTP 404 Not Found (HTTP)404CORS — CORS Error: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present (API)CORS501 — HTTP 501 Not Implemented (HTTP)501

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file type is not permittedWordPress

WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type / Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons

WordPress blocked the upload because the file extension/MIME type isn’t in its allowed list (SVG, JSON, WEBP on old versions, fon…

403 Forbidden wp-adminWordPress

WordPress: 403 Forbidden on wp-admin, wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php

The server or a security layer refused access to WordPress admin URLs — file permissions, a security plugin/WAF rule, ModSecurity…

Are you sure you want to do this?WordPress

WordPress: Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again. (nonce check failed)

A WordPress security nonce didn’t validate — the page was open too long, cached, or a plugin/theme form is broken.

AADSTS50053Azure

AADSTS50053: Your account is locked (Smart Lockout) / sign-in blocked due to suspicious activity

Too many failed sign-ins (or sign-ins from a malicious IP) triggered Entra Smart Lockout.

webhook signatureAPI

Webhook signature verification failed (Stripe, Razorpay, GitHub…)

Your endpoint computed a different HMAC signature than the one the provider sent, so the webhook is rejected.

SecurityException: Permission DenialAndroid

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial ... requires android.permission.X

The app called an API that needs a permission it hasn’t declared or the user hasn’t granted at runtime.

is damaged and can’t be openedmacOS

macOS: “App” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

Gatekeeper blocked an app that isn’t properly signed/notarized or was modified after download (quarantine attribute).

invalid csrf tokenAuthentication

ForbiddenError: invalid csrf token (EBADCSRFTOKEN)

The request’s CSRF token is missing or doesn’t match the token tied to the user’s session/cookie.

405HTTP

HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed

The URL exists, but it doesn’t accept the HTTP method you used (e.g. POST to a GET-only route).

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Link expiredWordPress

WordPress: The link you followed has expired

Usually an upload (theme, plugin, media) larger than PHP’s upload/post limits — WordPress receives an empty request and shows thi…

autoplay blockedJavaScript

NotAllowedError: play() failed because the user didn't interact with the document first.

The browser blocked media autoplay with sound until the user interacts with the page.

file_type_not_allowedAPI

Upload error: File type not allowed / unsupported file type

The upload was rejected because the file’s type — extension, MIME type or actual content — isn’t on the allowed list.

403HTTP

HTTP 403 Forbidden

The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it — you (or the server process) are not allowed to access this resour…

Not allowedWordPress

WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.

Your user role lacks the capability for that admin screen — or the database table prefix / user capabilities are out of sync afte…

1020Cloudflare

Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied

A Cloudflare firewall/WAF custom rule blocked the request — the visitor’s IP, country, user agent or request pattern matched a bl…

Not a valid JSON responseWordPress

WordPress: Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.

The block editor saved via the REST API but got HTML or an error page back — broken permalinks, a security plugin/WAF, or PHP out…

Cookies are blockedWordPress

WordPress login: Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.

WordPress’s test cookie wasn’t returned on login — often a siteurl/home or domain mismatch, caching of wp-login.php, or headers a…

This block contains unexpected or invalid contentWordPress

WordPress: This block contains unexpected or invalid content. Attempt Block Recovery

The saved HTML of a block doesn’t match what the block’s current save function produces — after a plugin update, manual HTML edit…

violates PodSecurityKubernetes

Error creating: pods is forbidden: violates PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false ...

The namespace enforces a Pod Security Standard (baseline/restricted) and the pod spec breaks one of its rules.

REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGEDLinux

WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! (ssh host key changed)

The server’s SSH host key differs from the one saved in ~/.ssh/known_hosts — usually because the server was rebuilt or the IP was…

NO_PUBKEYLinux

The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY

apt can’t verify a repository’s signature because the repo’s signing key isn’t installed (or has expired/rotated).

400HTTP

HTTP 400 Bad Request

The server could not understand the request because its syntax, headers or body are malformed or invalid.

401HTTP

HTTP 401 Unauthorized

The request has no valid authentication credentials — you need to log in or send a valid token.

SignatureDoesNotMatchAWS

AWS: SignatureDoesNotMatch / InvalidClientTokenId — the request signature we calculated does not match

AWS rejected the request signature — wrong secret key, wrong region, clock skew, or a presigned URL used differently from how it…

EACCESnpm

npm ERR! code EACCES — permission denied

npm can’t write to a directory — usually global installs into a root-owned folder.

daemonDocker

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?

The docker CLI can’t talk to the Docker engine — it isn’t running, or your user can’t access the socket.

invalid_scopeAuthentication

OAuth 2.0 Error: invalid_scope / insufficient_scope

The requested scope is unknown or not allowed for this client — or the token lacks the scope the API endpoint requires.

avc: deniedLinux

SELinux is preventing ... / avc: denied { read } for pid=... (permission denied despite correct permissions)

SELinux blocked the access — file permissions look fine, but the file’s security context or a boolean doesn’t allow the service t…

1005Cloudflare

Cloudflare Error 1005: Access denied — The owner of this website has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in

The site owner blocked your network provider (ASN) — common for VPNs, cloud/data-center IPs and some mobile carriers.

1006Cloudflare

Cloudflare Error 1006 / 1007 / 1008: Access denied — Your IP address has been banned

The site owner (or a Cloudflare security setting) blocked your IP address.

ExpiredTokenAWS

AWS: ExpiredToken — The security token included in the request is expired

Temporary AWS credentials (STS/SSO/assumed role) have expired.

session_start()PHP

Warning: session_start(): Session cannot be started after headers have already been sent

session_start() ran after output was sent, so PHP can’t set the session cookie.

session save pathPHP

Warning: session_start(): open(/var/lib/php/sessions/sess_x, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied

PHP can’t write session files to the configured session.save_path.

404HTTP

HTTP 404 Not Found

The server can’t find anything at the requested URL.

CORSAPI

CORS Error: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present

The browser blocked a cross-origin request because the server’s response didn’t include the CORS headers allowing your site’s ori…

501HTTP

HTTP 501 Not Implemented

The server doesn’t support the functionality (usually the HTTP method) needed to fulfil the request.