Unable to edit wp-config.php via Plesk interface: "You are unable to access"

Started by senthil, Sep 30, 2025, 07:13 AM

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Sep 30, 2025, 07:13 AM Last Edit: Sep 30, 2025, 07:18 AM by senthil
Symptoms

  • Unable to edit wp-config.php for any domain via Plesk interface with the following error:

    <!DOCTYPE html> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js ie6 oldie" lang="en-US"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 7]> <html
    class="no-js ie7 oldie" lang="en-US"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js ie8 oldie" lang="en-US">
    <![endif]--> <!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js" lang="en-US"> <!--<![endif]--> <head> <title>Attention
    Required! | Cloudflare</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
    content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" /> <meta
    name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-
    scale=1" /> <link rel="stylesheet" id="cf_styles-css" href="/cdn-cgi/styles/cf.errors.css" /> <!--[if lt IE 9]><link
    rel="stylesheet" id='cf_styles-ie-css' href="/cdn-cgi/styles/cf.errors.ie.css" /><![endif]-->
    <style>body{margin:0;padding:0}</style> <!--[if gte IE 10]><!--> <script> if (!navigator.cookieEnabled) {
    window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { var cookieEl =
    document.getElementById('cookie-alert'); cookieEl. style.display = 'block'; }) } </script> <!--<![endif]-->
    </head> <body> <div id="cf-wrapper"> <div class="cf-alert cf-alert-error cf-cookie-error" id="cookie-alert"
    data-translate="enable_cookies">Please enable cookies.</div> <div id="cf-error-details" class="cf-error-
    details-wrapper"> <div class="cf-wrapper cf-header cf-error-overview"> <h1 data-
    translate="block_headline">Sorry, you have been blocked</h1> <h2 class="cf-subheadline"><span data-
    translate="unable_to_access">You are unable to access</span> example. com </h2> </div><!-- /.header --
    > <div class="cf-section cf-highlight"> <div class="cf-wrapper"> <div class="cf-screenshot-container cf-
    screenshot-full"> <span class="cf-no-screenshot error"></span> </div> </div> </div><!-- /.captcha-
    container --> <div class="cf-section cf-wrapper"> <div class="cf-columns two"> <div class="cf-column"> <h2
    data-translate="blocked_why_headline">Why have I been blocked?</h2> <p data-
    translate="blocked_why_detail">This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.
    The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger
    this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.</p> </div>
    <div class="cf-column"> <h2 data-translate="blocked_resolve_headline">What can I do to resolve this?
    </h2> <p data-translate="blocked_resolve_detail">You can email the site owner to let them know you were
    blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at
    the bottom of this page.</p> </div> </div> </div><!-- /.section --> <div class="cf-error-footer cf-wrapper w-
    240 lg:w-full py-10 sm:py-4 sm:px-8 mx-auto text-center sm:text-left border-solid border-0 border-t border-
    gray-300"> <p class="text-13"> <span class="cf-footer-item sm:block sm:mb-1">Cloudflare Ray ID: <strong
    class="font-semibold">8ba359d0ffd49748</strong></span> <span class="cf-footer-separator
    sm:hidden">•</span> <span id="cf-footer-item-ip" class="cf-footer-item hidden sm:block sm:mb-1"> Your IP:
    <button type="button" id="cf-footer-ip-reveal" class="cf-footer-ip-reveal-btn">Click to reveal</button>
    <span class="hidden" id="cf-footer-ip">195.214.233.8</span> <span class="cf-footer-separator
    sm:hidden">•</span> </span> <span class="cf-footer-item sm:block sm:mb-1"><span>Performance &
    security by</span> <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https: //www .cloudflare. com/5xx-error-landing"
    id="brand_link" target="_blank">Cloudflare</a></span> </p> <script>(function(){function d(){var
    b=a.getElementById("cf-footer-item-ip"),c=a.getElementById("cf-footer-ip-reveal");b&&"classList"in b&&
    (b.classList.remove("hidden"),c.addEventListener("click",function()
    {c.classList.add("hidden");a.getElementById("cf-footer-ip").classList.remove("hidden")}))}var
    a=document;document.addEventListener&&a.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d)})();</script>
    </div><!-- /.error-footer --> </div><!-- /#cf-error-details --> </div><!-- /#cf-wrapper --> <script>
    window._cf_translation = {}; </script> </body> </html>
  • This behavior is not reproducible when accessing Plesk interface directly via server IP.
  • Plesk interface is behind Cloudflare proxy

Cause
The wp-config.php editing is blocked by Cloudflare, the message shown in the editor is an HTML document,
which translates to the following page:

Code Select
Sorry, you have been blocked
You are unable to access example.com
Why have I been blocked?

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action
you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could
trigger this block, including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or
malformed data.
What can I do to resolve this?

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when
this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

Cloudflare Ray ID: hfdd73ghg94hf78 • Your IP:
203.0.113.2 • Performance & security by Cloudflare

Resolution

Contact Cloudflare support team or disable proxy for Plesk interface domain.




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