site protection temporary solutions https://coderwall.com/p/-3oqoa?&p=1&q= this is more for my own reminder and place to come back to for reference Simple rules that have been tested for years to plug most any whole in your site. Not to replace good coding practice, or directly address the root issue, but to act as a simple first line defense as…

site protection temporary solutions

# URL Filtering helps stop some hack attempts
#IF the URI contains a "http:"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http\: [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "["
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \[ [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "]"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \] [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "<script>"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
#OR script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
#OR any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .*((%73|%53|s)(%65|%45|e)(%6C|%4C|l)(%65|%45|e)(%63|%43|c)(%74|%54|t)|(%69|%49|i)(%6E|%4E|n)(%73|%53|s)(%65|%45|e)