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Opened 10 months ago

Closed 10 months ago

Last modified 9 months 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
10 months 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
9 months ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review deleted
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