Disable XML-RPC authentication does not work

  • Resolved heveraert

    (@heveraert)


    9 months ago

    Dear Wordfence,

    In January 2024, I installed a new website and disabled XML-RPC authentication, as I do for every website I install. During maintenance today, I noticed a large number of brute force attacks on /xmlrpc.php (error 503). I don’t know if this has been the case from the beginning or not. I never experienced this before with the other websites.

    In the meantime:

    I disabled and reset the XML-RPC authentication by marking the option. I’m still getting brute force attacks on /xmlrpc.php.

    I also checked the diagnostics but this seems ok.

    Any thoughts? Thank you & regards,

    Hilde.

    PS. I am on the latest version 7.11.3

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  • Plugin Support wfphil

    (@wfphil)

    Hi @heveraert

    This means that it is working as the resonse status code is a 503 for our blocking.

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