Check Point Advisories

WordPress Pingback Denial Of Service

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0458
Date Published:	13 Jun 2016
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 21 December, 2016
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	WordPress XML-RPC pingback mechanism is used to link a blog to another. This mechanism can be exploited to execute a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack either on the vulnerable website or to force the website to take part in a DDoS attack on a third party.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Pingback Denial Of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress Pingback Denial Of Service