WordPress Xmlrpc Pingback Dos
Details of BNVL-2018-0013
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Name : WordPress Xmlrpc Pingback Dos
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CVE ID: Na
Description:
Unfortunately, out of the box WordPress has one component which can be exploited for malicious use. By default, the pingback (which allows you to record who linked to your blog) doesn’t have any form of validation to ensure the “pingback” was from the requesting server. This means that a request can be made against a fully patched, clean server and the return request will go to your intended target.
Pattern:
/xmlrpc.php]
pingback
