How to Prevent Spam Submissions

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#1 makamo66  Icon User is offline

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How to Prevent Spam Submissions

Posted 21 January 2013 - 12:07 PM

I have a cakephp recipe website at http://www.projectpotluck.com I've been getting spam recipe submissions from a non-registered user. How is it possible to submit a recipe when not registered or logged in and how can I prevent it?
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Re: How to Prevent Spam Submissions

Posted 21 January 2013 - 12:19 PM

Ok, I went to your site and tried to do what you just mentioned, but I saw that there was no place where I could give my recipe without me logging in.

So, what did you mean when you said a non-registered user is spamming your website?

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Re: How to Prevent Spam Submissions

Posted 21 January 2013 - 12:19 PM

Where is the submissions page? Does the user have to be logged in to submit? Have you tried using a CAPTCHA?
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Re: How to Prevent Spam Submissions

Posted 21 January 2013 - 12:20 PM

My guess is cross sit scripting.. but I don't have the time to actually register adn check out your 'submit a recipe' code...
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Re: How to Prevent Spam Submissions

Posted 21 January 2013 - 02:15 PM

The problem was that I wasn't using the auth component for my recipes controller but I've fixed that now.
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Re: How to Prevent Spam Submissions

Posted 24 January 2013 - 05:24 AM

A CAPTCHA is a method to fight spam robots, by requiring the user to enter a code which is displayed as a distorted image.
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