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Opened 5 weeks ago

Closed 5 weeks ago

Last modified 6 days ago

#62026 closed defect (bug) (wontfix)

My WordPress website is suffering from brute-force attacks via SSH. How do i solve this?

Reported by: isleeve's profile isleeve Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
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Description

My WordPress website is suffering from brute-force attacks via SSH.
I tried adding Cloudlfare but this completely slows down the website.
How do i solve this?

Change History (2)

#1 @khoipro
5 weeks ago

  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Status changed from new to closed

This issue is related to the hosting environment. You should contact your hosting provider to see how could improve from their end to stop brute-force attacks.

WordPress doesn't serve SSH ports. All WAF plugins like Wordfence, and Ninjafirewall protect only port 80 (HTTP) 443 (HTTPS).

#2 @desrosj
6 days ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review deleted
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