Check Point Advisories

WPScan WordPress Security Scanner

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0159
Date Published: 15 Feb 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 12 January, 2016
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Servers
Vulnerability Description WPScan is a vulnerability scanning product. Remote attackers can use WPScan to detect vulnerabilities on a target WordPress server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block WPScan vulnerability scanning attempts.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WPScan WordPress Security Scanner protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Scanner Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  WPScan WordPress Security Scanner

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