Description
We love security testing, we do it! We love WPSCAN, we use it! However we don’t love people abusing WPSCAN and other automated methods to try and gain access to WordPress sites through known and often easy vulnerabilities. N0WPScan is not a silver bullet, but it will stop unskilled attackers, bots and automated attacks which account for over 90% of all WordPress breaches. The other 10% can be offset with a good firewall, IDS and NSM services. Server load will also be lower and sites faster as this tool will prevent a lot of WordPress related automated testing.
[!] You can prevent most of the common attacks simply by keeping plugins, themes and the core WordPress framework updated
Benefits
* Disables access to admin for everyone except admins and editors
* Disables the use of WPScan, a tool commonly used by hackers to attack WordPress, also blocks other automated WP scanners
* Blocks hackers from scanning your website for admin users, vulnerable themes, vulnerable plugins and exposed files
* Reduces the load on your server
* Prevents access to sensitive files
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
- Upload
N0WPScan.phpto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
FAQ
- What is WPSCAN?
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WPScan is a WordPress vulnerability scanner.
- What is a vulnerability?
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In computer security, a vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system’s information assurance. Vulnerability is the intersection of three elements: a system susceptibility or flaw, attacker access to the flaw, and attacker capability to exploit the flaw.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“N0WPScan” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
5.6
- Release date: January 15, 2020
- Fix bug minor
- Added more htaccess security headers
- Added more bots, scanners and payloads to block
5.3
- Fix bug minor
5.2
- Fix bug minor
5.1
- Fix bug minor
5.0
- Fix bug minor
4.0
- Added more htaccess security headers
- Added more bots, scanners and payloads to block
3.0
- Fix minor bug
2.0
- Fully tested and stable release
1.0
- First release