Paul Gilzow

After speaking at WordCamp St. Louis 2017 <a href="http://wordpress.tv/2017/03/29/paul-gilzow-access-denied-keeping-yourself-off-an-attackers-radar/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://wordpress.tv/2017/03/29/paul-gilzow-access-denied-keeping-yourself-off-an-attackers-radar/</a>, 
I was asked if I could bundle the code I demo’ed in the talk into a plugin for people who aren’t as comfortable writing their 
own code. As its name implies, it is super simple. There are no settings. The entire codebase is contained in one file, 
and for the most part is about 20 lines of code in length. It is fully commented and I encourage you to look at the code 
to see what it does instead of blindly trusting it.
Specifically, this plugin: 
* removes the redirection of a request from /?author=# to an author’s pretty permalink 
* changes author pretty permalinks to /?author=# 
* changes author feed pretty permalinks to /?author=#&feed= 
* removes author slug property from user response object for user endpoint in the REST API 
* removes overly informative error message when login attempt fails
Rememer: this plugin, by itself, will not protect your site from being compromised. However, it can be an important layer of 
defense when used in a multilayer, defense-in-depth security strategy.
<h3>Help and Support</h3>
Please post questions, request for help to the WordPress plugins forum or 
email <a href="mailto:ssaeb@gilzow.com" rel="nofollow ugc">ssaeb@gilzow.com</a>. Please be sure to include ‘ssaeb’ in the 
subject line.
<h3>TO-DO’s</h3>
Keep adding ways to block enumerations.

Super Simple Account Enumeration Blocker

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User enumeration can be use for brute-force techniques to either guess or confirm valid users in a system. User enumeration is often a web application vulnerability, though it can also be found in any system that requires user authentication.
An enumeration attack allows a hacker to check whether a name exists in the database. For example, to set up a brute-force attack, rather than searching through login and password pairs, all they need is a matching password for a verified user name, saving time and effort.
The phrase “username harvesting” refers to a vulnerability that when exploited allows people or programs interacting with an application to determine what a valid username is vs an invalid username.
**You can check your site have user enumeration by simply type https://selectedfirms.co/wp-json/wp/v2/users that’s it. **
Features:
<ol>
<li>We only disable for non logged in users.</li>
<li>You can deactivate with single click. No extra configuration required.</li>
<li>Something else about the plugin</li>
</ol>

Disable User Enumeration

Disable User Enumeration is a plugin designed to prevent hackers scanning your site for user names using REST API call.

Super Simple Account Enumeration Blocker vs Disable User Enumeration