WordPress Plugin – Fix WordPress User Vulnerablity using REST API

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Prabhu Balakrishnan
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WordPress has a security vulnerability exposing admin user name and private information that could be used for brute force attacks at login.

Using REST API, we can see all the WordPress users/author with some of their information. Which can even be Personal information of employees/author.

We have made a wordpress plugin to patch this vulnerablity based on the solution posted here

https://hackerone.com/reports/1735586

Download the WordPress plugin zip and activate it.

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About Author

Prabhu Balakrishnan

Founder of Corpocrat Magazine. He has 15+ years experience in computers, finance, banking, insurance and citizenship consulting. Expert in Linux servers, Machine learning and Crypto. He lives in Budapest, Hungary.