This WordPress plugin investigates web requests with simple WordPress-specific heuristics to identify and stop most obvious attacks. There exist a few
Author: | SEO Egghead, Inc. (profile at wordpress.org) |
WordPress version required: | 2.6.1 |
WordPress version tested: | 2.8 |
Plugin version: | 1.25 for W |
Added to WordPress repository: | 12-08-2009 |
Last updated: | 12-08-2009
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Rating, %: | 100 |
Rated by: | 4 |
Plugin URI: | http://www.seoegghead.com/software/wordpress-... |
Total downloads: | 36 055 |
Active installs: | 6 000+ |
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This WordPress plugin investigates web requests with simple WordPress-specific heuristics to identify and stop most obvious attacks. There exist a few powerful generic modules that do this; but they're not always installed on web servers, and difficult to configure.
It intelligently whitelists and blacklists pathological-looking phrases based on which field they appear within in a page request (unknown/numeric parameters vs. known post bodies, comment bodies, etc.). Its purpose is not to replace prompt and responsible upgrading, but rather to mitigate 0-day attacks and let bloggers sleep better at night.
See: WordPress Firewall Info and WordPress Firewall Security Filters for more information.