# 403 Error after Mautic 3.3.5 update

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/403-error-after-mautic-3-3-5-update/22859
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [March 1, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/403-error-after-mautic-3-3-5-update/22859 "2022-03-01T11:48:28Z")
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#### Post date: [March 1, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/403-error-after-mautic-3-3-5-update/22859/5 "2022-03-01T16:32:01Z")

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Linking to GitHub issue:

> <https://github.com/mautic/mautic/issues/10913>
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> \### Mautic Version
> 
> 4.2.x series
> 
> \### PHP version
> 
> 7.4.27
> 
> \### What brow…sers are you seeing the problem on?
> 
> Firefox, Chrome
> 
> \### What happened?
> 
> After performing an upgrade, the site reports an error 403, forbidden.
> 
> We upgrade via command line and clear cache and clean permissions as part of the process.
> 
> This maybe server specific, but this line in the HTACCESS
> 
> https://github.com/mautic/mautic/blob/4.2.0/.htaccess
> 
> \`\`\`
> \# Apache 2.4+
> \<IfModule authz\_core\_module\>
> # Deny access via HTTP requests to all PHP files.
> \<FilesMatch "\\.php$"\>
> Require all denied
> \</FilesMatch\>
> \`\`\`
> 
> Causes the issue, by commenting out
> 
> \`\`\`
> \<FilesMatch "\\.php$"\>
> Require all denied
> \</FilesMatch\>
> \`\`\`
> 
> The site loads again.
> 
> Prior to this verison 4.1.2 Worked with this in the htaccess file.
> 
> \### How can we reproduce this issue?
> 
> Server
> Ubunto 18.04.4 LTS
> Server API | FPM/FastCGI
> MariaDB
> 1:10.2.43+maria~bionic
> Apache
> 2.4.52-1+ubuntu18.04+1
> NGiNX
> 1.19.9-1+ubuntu18.04+1
> 
> Not sure if this is important, but we have mautic in a subfolder off the domain
> eg: domain.com/mautic/
> 
> \### Relevant log output
> 
> \`\`\`shell
> n/a
> \`\`\`
> 
> 
> \### Code of Conduct
> 
> \- \[X\] I confirm that I have read and agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

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