ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress 2.2 SQL Injection Attempt -- xmlrpc.php UPDATE

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.uri;
content:"/xmlrpc.php?"; nocase;
content:"UPDATE"; nocase;
pcre:"/UPDATE.+SET/i";
Raw source ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress 2.2 SQL Injection Attempt -- xmlrpc.php UPDATE · Suricata
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (
    msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress 2.2 SQL Injection Attempt -- xmlrpc.php UPDATE";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.uri;
    content:"/xmlrpc.php?"; nocase;
    content:"UPDATE"; nocase;
    pcre:"/UPDATE.+SET/i";
    reference:cve,CVE-2007-3140;
    reference:url,www.milw0rm.com/exploits/4039;
    classtype:web-application-attack;
    sid:2004659; rev:8;
    metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, affected_product Wordpress, affected_product Wordpress_Plugins, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Datacenter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag SQL_Injection, tag Wordpress, updated_at 2020_09_09, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;
)

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