stop-xml-rpc-attacks

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Secure your site's XML-RPC by removing some methods, while you can still use XML-RPC.

Author:Pascal CESCATO (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.0
WordPress version tested:6.4.1
Plugin version:1.0.1
Added to WordPress repository:26-04-2019
Last updated:18-11-2023
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Total downloads:16 677
Active installs:6 000+
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Secure your site’s XML-RPC by removing some methods, instead of disabling totally XML-RPC, which is needed by some plugins (eg. Jetpack) and some mobile apps.

Features

Removes the following methods from XML-RPC interface.

  • system.multicall
  • system.listMethods
  • system.getCapabilities
  • pingback.extensions.getPingbacks
  • pingback.ping
  • X-Pingback from HTTP headers

This is not perfect, but it will help prerventing attacks

Requirements

  • WordPress 5.0 or higher.

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