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Prevent user enumeration in WordPress for unathenticated users
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| public function disable_user_endpoint() { | |
| add_filter( | |
| 'rest_authentication_errors', | |
| function ( $access ) { | |
| if ( ! isset( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ) { | |
| return $access; | |
| } | |
| if ( ! is_user_logged_in() || ! current_user_can( 'list_users' ) ) { | |
| $requested_route = filter_var( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], FILTER_SANITIZE_URL ); | |
| if ($requested_route !== false && strpos( $requested_route, '/wp/v2/users' ) !== false ) { | |
| return new WP_Error( 'rest_forbidden', 'Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.', array( 'status' => 403 ) ); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return $access; | |
| } | |
| ); | |
| } |
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