WordPress sites have been receiving attacks on /wp-content/uploads/

Regarding the /wp-content/uploads/ attack, we used Make to automate article writing, and also used Make to automate image acquisition and upload it to the WordPress website.

We use Make to automatically upload an average of 120 images per day.

However, our website host often receives reports of attacks. The following is the attack information provided by the host:

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uploads directory listing files
Matched "Operator Rx' with parameter /wp-conte…

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uploads directory listing files
Matched "Operator Rx' with parameter /wp-content/uploads/$’ against variable REQUEST_URI' (Value: /wp-content/uploads/’ )

Welcome to the Make community!

This is normal internet behaviour, and has nothing to do with Make.

Basically, there are script kiddies on the internet who deploy penetration software to find and attempt to hack Wordpress websites.

To prevent a security compromise, you are expected to install, configure, and manage security plugins or firewalls on your web server, or use a DNS-based medium like Cloudflare (which is easier to use).

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

@samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.


Regarding the /wp-content/uploads/ attack, could it be that we use Make to automate article writing, and use Make to automate image acquisition and automatically upload it to the WordPress website?

Our Make automation automatically uploads an average of 120 images every day, and Mr. Cheng also manually uploads 100 to 150 images every day.

The IP addresses doesn’t seem to originate from Make.

For more information, see https://www.make.com/en/help/connections/allowing-connections-to-and-from-make-ip-addresses

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

@samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.