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xmlrpc.php ??

Posted by Bullgrit • 9/04/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: xmlrpc

I have a wordpress blog. My stats show that this morning at 1:24, someone from some gibberish location (is just a very long string of random letters and numbers) accessed my "/xmlrpc.php" page.

Accessing that page, myself, gets "XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only."

What is this? What happened? Do I need to be concerned in any way?

Thanks,
Bullgrit

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9/04/09

aslam9895

what is in that xmlrpc.php page ?

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1. 9/04/09
  
  Bullgrit
  
  I don't know (other than the message it gives, above). I'm not on a computer/location, right now, where I can access that deep into my site.
2. 9/04/09
  
  aslam9895
  
  okay. if that is any content page of your site, then i think you need to be concerned of.
9/04/09

timethief

Does this help?
phpxmlrpc.sourceforge.net/

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1. 9/04/09
  
  Bullgrit
  
  Thanks timethief, but I guess I'm not tech-literate enough to understand that info.
2. 9/04/09
  
  timethief
  
  Neither am I.
  You need help from a php programmer
  www.blogcatalog.com/blogsearch/+php+programmer/
9/06/09

JP2112

I am not a PHP programmer, but XML-RPC is the technology that Wordpress uses to interface with other clients. For example, if you wanted to use a remote client to publish blog posts, you would send them to xmlrpc.php (via POST).

You should be on the latest version of Wordpress (2.8.4 as of today) to make sure any possible exploits have been patched.

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