Report for IP: 172.245.242.226

Threat LevelMEDIUM29/1001 rule type
1 incident on record · last seen 9d ago
PTR 172-245-242-226-host.colocrossing.com
Org / ASN Alexe Marian Marius
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Timezone America/Chicago

Attack Analysis

WordPress XML-RPC Abuse
This IP targeted xmlrpc.php, a legacy WordPress endpoint that has been abused for brute-force authentication attacks, credential stuffing, and DDoS amplification. Any direct access to xmlrpc.php is an attack or reconnaissance attempt; modern WordPress sites should disable it entirely.

Reports (1)

Date Severity Description
20 Sep 2026 - 15:06 high WordPress: xmlrpc.php accessed