# Instead of matching a strange string, use proper regex: RewriteCond %QUERY_STRING ^(.*)wwwuandbotget(.*)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /fixed?%1%2 [L,R=301] Better yet, and redirect them to a 404 handler. Fix #3 – Sanitize User Input in Your Application If your web app accepts a command parameter and someone typed wwwuandbotget , you must sanitize it.
params = "www": "yourdomain.com", "u": "user123", "and": "true", "bot": "mybot", "get": "data" wwwuandbotget fixed
To the uninitiated, this string of characters looks like gibberish. But for developers, site administrators, and advanced users, it represents a , a malformed bot request , or a corrupted URL parameter in a system that uses shorthand commands. # Instead of matching a strange string, use
import requests response = requests.get("https://api.example.com/fixed?wwwuandbotget") print(response.text) # Outputs: "wwwuandbotget fixed" The query string ?wwwuandbotget has no = signs, so the server doesn’t understand the keys. But for developers, site administrators, and advanced users,