bugtraq - Re: HYSA-2006-005 WordPress 2.0.1 Remote DoS Exploit

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Date: 10 Mar 2006 03:29:10 -0000
From: scaturan@...imaki.com
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: HYSA-2006-005 WordPress 2.0.1 Remote DoS Exploit


afaik, there is no hardcoded workaround other than disable anonymous registration, using .htaccess/httpd.conf restrictions, or removing wp-register.php 

for the time being, if you're using mod_security, you can block it using something like this:

SecFilterSelective "THE_REQUEST" "wp-register.php" "id:1004,deny,log,status:412"

more info. at http://www.modsecurity.org/