""ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress PingBack Possible GHOST attempt""

SID: 2020327

Revision: 4

Class Type: web-application-attack

Metadata: affected_product Wordpress, affected_product Wordpress_Plugins, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2015_01_28, 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:

  • Value: "/xmlrpc.php"

  • Value: "pingback.ping"

  • Value: ""

  • Value: !"|2f|"

  • Value: !""

Within: 1033

PCRE: "/^\d[\d\x2e]{255}/R"

Special Options:

  • http_uri

  • nocase

  • nocase

  • http_client_body

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