ET WEB_SERVER Wordpress Login Bruteforcing Detected

Query · suricata

flow:to_server,established;
threshold:type both, track by_src, count 5, seconds 60;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:"/wp-login.php"; nocase;
http.request_body;
content:"log|3d|";
content:"pwd|3d|";
Raw source ET WEB_SERVER Wordpress Login Bruteforcing Detected · Suricata
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (
    msg:"ET WEB_SERVER Wordpress Login Bruteforcing Detected";
    flow:to_server,established;
    threshold:type both, track by_src, count 5, seconds 60;
    http.method;
    content:"POST";
    http.uri;
    content:"/wp-login.php"; nocase;
    http.request_body;
    content:"log|3d|";
    content:"pwd|3d|";
    classtype:attempted-recon;
    sid:2014020; rev:5;
    metadata:affected_product Wordpress, affected_product Wordpress_Plugins, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2011_12_13, deployment Datacenter, signature_severity Major, tag Wordpress, updated_at 2020_04_22;
)

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