When I try to visit our website on our server my pc (and my pc alone) gets a time out error when trying to visit any part of the site.
This is how I caused the problem, I inserted:
?>
< ?php
$to = 'myemail';
$subject = 'test';
$text = 'test2';
$header = 'test3';
mail($to,$subject,$text,$header); ?>
< ?php
(without the spaces behind the < ).
In $_POST['var2'] field on my websites form to test the difference between strip_tags($_POST['']) and regular unprotected $_POST[''].
That $_POST[''] field together with a couple more feed into a $url variable below:
$url = 'ourwebsite/filecontainingthis$urlvariable.php?VAR1='.strip_tags($_POST['var1'].'&VAR2='.$_POST['var2'].'&VAR3='.strip_tags($_POST['var3']);
(Where myemail was my actual functioning email adress and ourwebsite is the actual adres of our website)
I have done the following to try and remove the problem:
Cleared all cookies and history from my browser
Used another browser
Rebooted pc
Given it a day to see if the request gets automatically removed by the server
How can I regain access to the website on this pc/stop that broken request?
It turns out that doing this causes your host to flag you as a malicious/spam e-mail sender. Your options are to contact your host to get the block lifted or wait out the quarantine period if applicable.