High Loads from XMLRPC Attacks

Stephan Pringle Sunday, January 17, 2016

Are you noticing highload on your server? This could be due to XMLRPC Attacks. We recommend reviewing your logs so that you may add the offending IPs on the server’s firewall. If you do not want your server’s firewall list to grow, another option is to edit your .htaccess file with the following.

<Files “xmlrpc.php”>
Order Allow,Deny
deny from all
</Files>

We recommend a combination of both since they may return to attack your plugins and themes folders.

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Stephan Pringle

About The Author: Stephan Pringle is an Information Technology Support Specialist. He covers hardware and software and provides tips for you to troubleshoot and repair issues on your own. In his spare time, he writes articles about the State of New York on his Hackintosh and HackBook and that has helped him to become the top contributor of the New York City section of Yahoo! Answers.

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