The meta-thread for: Your activity is a bit suspicious, hence aborting

[CiviTeacher.com]

Have you seen this when editing a page?

Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.
There is a validation error with your HTML input. Your activity is a bit suspicious, hence aborting

Please post the following here to help get to the bottom of this problem.

1. Your CMS software and version (i.e. Drupal 6.20)
2. Your CiviCRM software and version (i.e. 3.3.2)
3. The type of data you were editing: Contribution Page, Event Registration, Profile, etc.
4. The exact text you were editing, in its entirety (use CODE tags here in the forum to paste it)
5. Did the error begin to appear after an upgrade, if so what version->version?
6. Is this a new page/profile, or a page/profile that has existed a while?

[CiviTeacher.com]

Here is the first one for this thread, this is my personal favorite and it really made my day.

Drupal 6.20, CiviCRM 3.3.2.  Page worked before upgrade from 3.1.6, now it doesn't want to save because I am suspicious.  Maybe it's this hat I'm wearing, it does seem a bit shady.   

Contribution Page Title and Settings

Introductory Message

Code: [Select]

Yes, I want to be a voice for women worldwide. My tax-deductible membership in UN Women - US National Committee will make a difference in the lives of women and girls in over 100 countries around the globe. By joining the UN Women - US National Committee (or renewing your membership with us), you automatically become a member of a Chapter if one has been organized in your area.
<br><br>
If you prefer, you may <a target="_blank"  href="
https://www.unifem-usnc.org/files/UNIFEMUSNC_brochure.pdf">print</a> our membership brochure and mail it in with your check or money order. 
<br><br>
<a href="http://www.unifem-usnc.org/matchinggifts"><B>Double your contribution without giving money!</B></a>
<BR><BR>
UN Women - US National Committee is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization.
<br><br>
To donate, please click the Donate button underneath the menu on the right.<BR><BR>
<font class="marker">*</font><i>Required Information</i><br><br>
Footer

Code: [Select]

<BR>If you experience any difficulties making a contribution, please email <a href="mailto:info@unifem-usnc.org">info@unifem-usnc.org</a>. Thank you.

In this particular case, the results are consistent.  I cannot save in this configuration.  If I simply remove the <a href="mailto" link from the footer I can save.  This took me about 10 mintues to figure out, after having totally frustrated my client for over an hour.  This page has existed since CiviCRM 2.2

[alanms]

I'd thought maybe it would be the ":" in the href that was to blame, thinking it'd be an over-zealous xss prevention measure accusing you of trying to hack your own site for using non-whitelisted characters. But I tried creating a page with the mailto: link on the 3.3.3 demo and it had no problem with it at all.

So to conclude, the culprit has to be your hat. Is it a black cowboy hat? If so, it'll be CiviCRM's built in protection against gun-slingin' outlaws.

[CiviTeacher.com]

LOL!    My hat is green, WTF does *that* mean?

[peteremcc]

I'm trying to post here, but it keeps saying i can't post external links - even when i've edited my post to remove them!


UPDATE: Worked now. Weird.

[peteremcc]

My problem was intermittent for a while, now it seems to be permanent and i can't save anything on this page.


Drupal 6.20

CiviCRM 3.3.3

Contribution page > Membership settings

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<p>
SPAN TAGS HERE    ACT on Campus is the youth wing of ACT. We are students and young people who want New Zealand to be a prosperous, well-educated, healthy, and open society in which individuals are free to achieve their full potential. We want a growing, dynamic, and open economy, in which individual choice is paramount. As libertarians we are working to reduce government interference in our lives through lower taxes, less bureaucracy and fewer laws.<br />
<br />
<br />
For $10 you can sign-up as a full ACT on Campus member for one year and be entitled to exclusive membership rights and benefits. ACT on Campus membership is open to anyone up to the age of 30 as well as anyone over 30 who is studying at a tertiary institute.<br />
<br />
<br />
Joining ACT on Campus does NOT make you an ACT member as we are a separate organisation. If you would also like to sign up to ACT, you can do so   EXTERNAL LINK HERE BUT THE FORUM WONT LET ME POST IT   on the ACT website for a special ACT on Campus rate of $5.<br />
<br />
<br />
If you&#39;re too old for ACT on Campus, or just not quite ready to become a full member, you can sign up as a supporter of ACT on Campus for FREE. You won&#39;t be able to access all the benefits of full membership, but you&#39;ll still receive our email newsletter are welcome to attend any of our events in your area.<br />
&nbsp;</p>

and

Code: [Select]

<p>
According to our membership records, you are already a member or supporter of ACT on Campus.<br />
<br />
<br />
If you are a member, your membership expiry date is listed below and you can use this form to renew your membership.<br />
<br />
If you are a supporter</p>

After the upgrade from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 (i think, possibly earlier but i don't think so)

Existed for a while

[tabletguy]

I am also getting this message now.

Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.
There is a validation error with your HTML input. Your activity is a bit suspicious, hence aborting

Joomla 1.5.22, CiviCRM 3.3.5
Trying to edit a profile, to add additional text and a couple of links to help people register.
I did just upgrade, but haven't tried editing this profile for a couple months.

Code: [Select]

<h1>
Yoga Nidra Seminar Registration</h1>
<p>
<span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Please read this before filling in data.</strong></span></p>
<h2>
First</h2>
<ol>
<li>
<font class="Apple-style-span">if you already have an account on this site, please log in:&nbsp;</font><a href="http://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Log-in.html" target="_blank">http://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Log-in.html</a></li>
<li>
if you do not have an account, please&nbsp;<font class="Apple-style-span">check the &quot;</font>&nbsp;<label for="cms_create_account" siber__q92dpb7seovvtbh5__vptr="514ee0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; display: inline; ">Create an account?&quot; box above. This will allow you to come back and edit your data later, update your email and address, etc. It only takes about a minute (you will get an email which you must open and click to verify the email address). To register a new account, please click here:&nbsp;</label><a href="http://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Create-an-account.html" target="_blank">http://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Create-an-account.html</a></li>
</ol>
<h2>
Second</h2>
<p>
After registering on our site, then, please return to this window and fill in the data required for the seminar. Much of the data is required by Indian law, so if you don&#39;t pre-fill the information, you will be asked for it when you arrive.</p>
<h2>
Possible problems with this form</h2>
<p>
<u><strong>&quot;State field&quot; is empty after selecting your Country:</strong></u></p>
<p>
A software update yesterday is causing a problem with our &quot;state&quot; field after you select your country. Just fill in all the data you can, and then click the &quot;<strong>SAVE</strong>&quot; button. We can fix this information later. Please be sure to put in your pin/zip code, which will help us. This error doesn&#39;t happen for everyone. Appologies for this.</p>
<p>
<u><strong>Date fields can be hard to select:</strong></u></p>
<p>
The &quot;trick&quot; is to select things in a specific order: &quot;year, month, day&quot;. More specifically:</p>
<ol>
<li>
Click on the small &quot;<u><strong>calendar</strong></u>&quot; button to select the date</li>
<li>
<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);"><strong>Choose the YEAR first</strong></span></li>
<li>
Choose the Month</li>
<li>
Click the day of the month within the calendar.</li>
</ol>
<p>
<strong>Tip: </strong>If you accidentally press &quot;Enter&quot; before completing, just press the &quot;Back&quot; button on your browser.</p>
<p>
Thanks for your time!</p>

[tabletguy]

Following the comments here, I opened the source tab, and removed the two links (leaving the link as plain text).

Then it saved OK.

This is in CiviCRM Profile Settings edit (pre) field.

My "workaround" is to open the civicrm_uf_group table, and edit the help_pre directly with the HTML source afterwards.

[CiviTeacher.com]

Thanks for feedback and for your how-to story, I agree generally the problem can be solved by removing <a href links in the text boxes for an event or contribution page. 

In future versions of the software, starting with (I think) 3.4, Lobo has informed me the security will be loosened somewhat, and this error will appear less often.

[myles]

Message occurred when pasting an inbound email into an activity

Message is html email.

Drupal 6.20

civi 3.2.5 - with ckedit selected as rich text editor

Resolved by using the paste as plain text tool of the rich text editor ... but ya gotta know that's what it means! Please paste using the 'paste as plain text' tool would be better.

[penguintrax]

Joomla 1.5.22
CiviCRM 3.3.3

Error occurs in 2 places:

1. When editing the online registration tab for an event, the description referenced 3 images. No other links on the page.
2. When doing an advanced search, looking for event participants (same event as #1)

When I removed the image references, the error did not happen any more.  The site worked fine before the update to 3.3.3

Do you recommend an update to 3.4?

[nessnzoe]

Drupal 6.2
CiviCRM 3.3.5

I've never seen this error message until yesterday afternoon--when trying to save a mass mailing. Now it's occurring all over the place:

• Trying to save a mass mailing
• Event - Online Registration page - when trying to save the page with images in the Register and Confirmation fields
• Event Template - Online Registration page -  - when trying to save the page with images in the Register and Confirmation fields, then without an image in the Confirmation field, then without any images
• Trying to send an email

The latest has been an email I've been trying to send for the last 3 hours. I finally removed all images, all links, sent only to the primary recipient (no CC or BCC), sent using the primary email that I was logged in with instead of the info@ in the FROM field that I wanted to use. Not sure what did it - magic - but it finally sent.

If it happens again I'll post immediately with code.

Vanessa

[noah]

I'm on CiviCRM 4.02 on Drupal 7.0 and sometimes get this error just when adding a new contact or editing an existing contact.

[acqsys]

I am the Super Administrator on my site. For the first time on Saturday I received the following message from CiviCRM. I had just opened the CRM. We have not upgraded the software or Joomla.

Sorry a non-recoverable error has occurred
There is a validation error with your HTML input. Your activity is a bit suspicious, hence aborting.

I travel frequently and was attempting to login from a hotel room.

Other users still have access; however I add most of the information to the database.

How do I resolve this issue?

CMS (Joomla 1.5.23)
mySQL 5
php: latest version

[acqsys]

I can login to CiviCRM using Google Chrome; however I cannot login using Mozilla Firefox 5