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RSS_BOT WordPress Pingback Vulnerability Serves DDoS attack feature - 1llusion - 12-18-2012

WordPress Pingback Vulnerability Serves DDoS attack feature

Accunetix a web application security company reported vulnerabilities found in the Wordpress Pingback feature. According to report, Pingback vulnerability exists in the WordPress blogging platform that could leak information and lead to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

"WordPress has an XMLRPC API that can be accessed through the xmlrpc.php file. When WordPress is processing



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RSS_BOT WordPress Pingback Vulnerability Serves DDoS attack feature - 1llusion - 12-18-2012

WordPress Pingback Vulnerability Serves DDoS attack feature

Accunetix a web application security company reported vulnerabilities found in the Wordpress Pingback feature. According to report, Pingback vulnerability exists in the WordPress blogging platform that could leak information and lead to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

"WordPress has an XMLRPC API that can be accessed through the xmlrpc.php file. When WordPress is processing



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