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wordpress bf slows down - SIM-5109418 - Dec 3, 2021
Hey i'm trying to brute force a wordpress login with hydra but something (i think it's cloudflare) blocks the attack. Anyone knows a way around this?
RE: wordpress bf slows down - linkinpork - Dec 3, 2021
(Dec 3, 2021 09:04 AM)maxxam111 Wrote: Hey i'm trying to brute force a wordpress login with hydra but something (i think it's cloudflare) blocks the attack. Anyone knows a way around this?
In Wordpress, if your dictionary is so big that it gets you rate-limited, you're doing it wrong. Wordpress user lists are too small to be worth bruteforcing with thousands of entries, not to mention you're expecting a huge jump in traffic.
Try lowering your request rate. Also make a more targeted user list instead of tossing 25 megabytes into it in one go. Do some reconnaissance beforehand on whom the users are.