Title: DOS that uses xmlrpc.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# DOS that uses xmlrpc.php

 *  Resolved [longnha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnha/)
 * (@longnha)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dos-that-uses-xmlrpcphp/)
 * Hello,
 * Recently I faced lots of downtime so I contacted my webhost, they said that This
   is a known issue with WordPress, the server is not down!
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 *     ```
       [Thu May 30 06:06:16 2013] [error] [client 142.4.211.189] Insufficient permissions: /home/digital1/public_html/xmlrpc.php
       [Thu May 30 06:06:18 2013] [error] [client 142.4.211.189] Insufficient permissions: /home/digital1/public_html/xmlrpc.php
       [ repetitive log entries deleted ]
       ```
   
 * The site: [http://digitalcashpalace.com/](http://digitalcashpalace.com/)
 * Can someone recommend a fix to protect my site, please?
 * Thank you.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dos-that-uses-xmlrpcphp/#post-3798300)
 * This is NOT a known issue with WordPress. It’s a file permissions issue on your
   server.
 *  Thread Starter [longnha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnha/)
 * (@longnha)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dos-that-uses-xmlrpcphp/#post-3798301)
 * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/):
 * I’m not sure actually, I contacted webhost support and s/he said that!
 * Can you recommend a fix for it, please?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dos-that-uses-xmlrpcphp/#post-3798311)
 * Then she’s wrong. There is nothing you can do in WordPress to fix this. You have
   to [change the file permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
   on the file. It should be 644. if it is already 644, then you need to go back
   to hosts and tell them that you may have a file _ownership_ issue.
 *  Thread Starter [longnha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnha/)
 * (@longnha)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dos-that-uses-xmlrpcphp/#post-3798316)
 * I contact support again and s/he said that, the site was set at 000.
 * I hope the problem solve now.
 * Thank you for your support.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [longnha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnha/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dos-that-uses-xmlrpcphp/#post-3798316)
 * Status: resolved

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