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gj-pingkill

Stop XMLRPC attack by killing pingbacks.

by GunnJerkens · github.com/gunnjerkens/gj-pingkill · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/gunnjerkens/gj-pingkill/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/gunnjerkens/gj-pingkill ↗

Stop XMLRPC attack by killing pingbacks. See: http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/03/more-than-162000-wordpress-sites-used-for-distributed-denial-of-service-attack.html

Install

Download as a zip, install via wordpress admin. Or submodule.

Test

curl -D - "sitetotest.com" -d '<methodCall><methodName>pingback.ping</methodName><params><param><value><string>http://victim.com</string></value></param><param><value><string>www.anywordpresssite.com/postchosen</string></value></param></params></methodCall>'

License

MIT