""ET DOS Possible WordPress Pingback DDoS in Progress (Inbound)""
SID: 2018277
Revision: 2
Class Type: attempted-dos
Metadata: affected_product Wordpress, affected_product Wordpress_Plugins, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2014_03_14, deployment Datacenter, signature_severity Major, tag Wordpress, updated_at 2015_01_30
Reference:
Protocol: tcp
Source Network: $EXTERNAL_NET
Source Port: any
Destination Network: $HTTP_SERVERS
Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS
Flow: established,to_server
Contents:
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Value: "/xmlrpc.php"
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Value: "pingback.ping"
Within:
PCRE:
Special Options:
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http_uri
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nocase
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nocase
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http_client_body
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fast_pattern