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Scans for Wordfence Protected Websites, (Tue, Sep 29th)

·Source: SANS ISC

Updated:

Executive Summary

Starting yesterday, our sensors picked up a small number of scans for "wordfence-waf.php". This particular script is used by Wordfence, a solution to protect WordPress sites. During the Wordfence install, the wordpress-waf.php file will be created in the site&&#x23&#x3b;x26&#x3b;&#x23&#x3b;39&#x3b;s root directory [1].

Analysis

Starting yesterday, our sensors picked up a small number of scans for "wordfence-waf.php". This particular script is used by Wordfence, a solution to protect WordPress sites. During the Wordfence install, the wordpress-waf.php file will be created in the site&&#x23&#x3b;x26&#x3b;&#x23&#x3b;39&#x3b;s root directory [1].
Source Attribution

Originally published by SANS ISC on Sep 29, 2026.

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