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dgytech's avatar
dgytech
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Dec 15, 2015

iRule to block URI /xmlrpc.php

I want to throw a 404 anytime URI /xmlrpc.php is encountered. This is to block brute force attacks via XML-RPC on my WordPress sites. All I get is a white screen with this rule. I tried in IE/Chro...
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Kai_Wilke's avatar
Kai_Wilke
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Dec 15, 2015

Hi DGYarrington,

try this rule...

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/xmlrpc.php" } {
        HTTP::respond 404 content "Not Found" "Connection" "close"
    }
}

Cheers, Kai