Title: WordPress 2.0.1 Remote DoS Exploit.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress 2.0.1 Remote DoS Exploit.

 *  [klutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klutz/)
 * (@klutz)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-201-remote-dos-exploit/)
 * Anything we can do about this?
    [http://www.h4cky0u.org/advisories/HYSA-2006-005-wordpress.txt](http://www.h4cky0u.org/advisories/HYSA-2006-005-wordpress.txt)

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-201-remote-dos-exploit/#post-353103)
 * Yes.
    This has already been flagged to the hackers list.
 * The above tries some sort of repeated registration.
    If you do not allow people
   to register, delete the file ‘wp-register.php’ That will sort you out.
 * If you have mod_security and know what this means, use it:
    `SecFilterSelective"
   THE_REQUEST" "wp-register.php" "id:1004,deny,log,status:412" #SecFilterRemove
   1004
 * Further advice will follow.
 * But the sky isn’t falling, no-one need panic and the right people will sort this.
 *  Thread Starter [klutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klutz/)
 * (@klutz)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-201-remote-dos-exploit/#post-353105)
 * podz many thanks for prompt reply and your time.
 * Could you clarify if using mod-security method will allow legitimate registeration
   requests?
 * >the right people will sort this.
    Never doubted 🙂
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-201-remote-dos-exploit/#post-353106)
 * I don’t know.
    Right now I would stop registrations if I had them active on my
   blog, but I don’t know if that is the actual answer that Matt & Co. will give.
 *  Thread Starter [klutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klutz/)
 * (@klutz)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-201-remote-dos-exploit/#post-353110)
 * >I would stop registrations if I had them active
    Will do that. Thanks again 
   for your time.

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 * Last reply from: [klutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klutz/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-201-remote-dos-exploit/#post-353110)
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