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[play.mtn.co.za] Application level DoS via xmlrpc.php

Medium
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MTN Group
Submitted None
Reported by lmhu

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Business Logic Errors
**Description** Wordpress that have xmlrpc.php enabled for pingbacks, trackbacks, etc. can be made as a part of a huge botnet causing a major DOS/SSRF. The website ``play.mtn.co.za`` has the ``xmlrpc.php`` file enabled and could thus be potentially used for such an attack against other victim hosts. hackerone refferals #761722 ###Steps To Reproduce: Open vulnerability URL ``play.mtn.co.za/xmlrpc.php/`` Chage request ``GET`` to ``POST`` Paste'a payloads-vulnerabilities , and check in responsive header **Request** ``` POST /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.1 Host: play.mtn.co.za Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Connection: close Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1 Content-Length: 91 <methodCall> <methodName>system.listMethods</methodName> <params></params> </methodCall> ``` ## Impact If the XMLRPC.php file is not being used, it should be disabled and removed completely to avoid any potential risks. Otherwise, it should at the very least be blocked from external access.

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Business Logic Errors