############ WordPress #################### # Disable logging for favicon and robots.txt location = /favicon.ico { try_files /favicon.ico @empty; access_log off; log_not_found off; expires max; } location @empty { empty_gif; } location = /robots.txt { allow all; log_not_found off; access_log off; try_files $uri /index.php?$args; } # Limit access to avoid brute force attack # if you getting error please add this (limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=one:10m rate=1r/s;) to your /etc/nginx/nginx.conf #location = /wp-login.php { # limit_req zone=one burst=1 nodelay; # include fastcgi_params; # fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; #} #Deny access to wp-content folders for suspicious files location ~* ^/(wp-content)/(.*?)\.(zip|gz|tar|bzip2|7z)\$ { deny all; } location ~ ^/wp-content/uploads/sucuri { deny all; } location ~ ^/wp-content/updraft { deny all; } #Disable execution of scripts other than PHP from your document root location ~* .(pl|cgi|py|sh|lua|asp)$ { return 444; } #Disable access to your configuration files and other files that you don’t want to users are able to see location ~* /(wp-config.php|readme.html|license.txt|nginx.conf) { deny all; } # Disable wp-config.txt location = /wp-config.txt { deny all; access_log off; log_not_found off; } # Disallow php in upload folder and add webp rewrite location /wp-content/uploads/ { location ~ \.php$ { #Prevent Direct Access Of PHP Files From Web Browsers deny all; } # webp rewrite rules location ~ \.(png|jpe?g)$ { add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding"; add_header "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" "*"; add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform"; access_log off; log_not_found off; expires max; try_files $uri $uri =404; } } # nginx block wpscann on plugins folder location ~* ^/wp-content/plugins/.+\.(txt|log|md)$ { deny all; error_page 403 =404 / ; } # block access to install.php and upgrade.php location ^~ /wp-admin/install.php { deny all; error_page 403 =404 / ; } location ^~ /wp-admin/upgrade.php { deny all; error_page 403 =404 / ; } # Deny access to any files with a .php extension in the uploads directory # Works in sub-directory installs and also in multisite network # Keep logging the requests to parse later (or to pass to firewall utilities such as fail2ban) location ~* /(?:uploads|files)/.*\.php$ { deny all; } # Stop scann for the follow files on plugins folder location ~* ^/wp-content/plugins/.+\.(txt|log|md)$ { deny all; error_page 403 =404 / ; } # Stop scann for the follow files on themes folder location ~* ^/wp-content/themes/.+\.(txt|log|md)$ { deny all; error_page 403 =404 / ; } #This module will allow us to pattern match certain key files and inject random text in the files that # is non-destructive / non-invasive and will most importantly alter the md5sum calculated on such files. All transparent to WPScan. location ~* ^/(license.txt|wp-includes/(.*)/.+\.(js|css)|wp-admin/(.*)/.+\.(js|css))$ { sub_filter_types text/css text/javascript text/plain; sub_filter_once on; sub_filter ';' '; /* $msec */ '; } #Direct PHP File Access #If somehow, a hacker successfully sneaks in a PHP file onto your site, #they’ll be able to run this file by loading file which effectively becomes a backdoor to infiltrate your site. #We should disable direct access to any PHP files by adding the following rules: location ~* /(?:uploads|files|wp-content|wp-includes|akismet)/.*.php$ { deny all; access_log off; log_not_found off; } #Dotfiles #Similar to PHP file, a dotfile like .htaccess, .user.ini, and .git may contain sensitive information. #To be on the safer side, it’s better to disable direct access to these files. location ~* \..*$ { deny all; access_log off; log_not_found off; error_page 403 =404 / ; } # Deny access to uploads that aren’t images, videos, music, etc. location ~* ^/wp-content/uploads/.*.(html|htm|shtml|php|js|swf)$ { deny all; } # Deny backup extensions & log files location ~* ^.+\.(bak|log|old|orig|original|php#|php~|php_bak|save|swo|swp|sql)$ { deny all; access_log off; log_not_found off; } #WordFence location ~ \.user\.ini$ { deny all; } # WordPress: deny wp-content, wp-includes php files location ~* ^/(?:wp-content|wp-includes)/.*\.php$ { deny all; } # WordPress: deny wp-content/uploads nasty stuff location ~* ^/wp-content/uploads/.*\.(?:s?html?|php|js|swf)$ { deny all; } # WordPress: deny general stuff location ~* ^/(?:xmlrpc\.php|wp-links-opml\.php|wp-config\.php|wp-config-sample\.php|wp-comments-post\.php|readme\.html|license\.txt)$ { deny all; access_log off; error_log off; log_not_found off; return 444; } # NGINX RESTRICTIONS # Directives to send expires headers and turn off 404 error logging. location ~* ^.+\.(curl|heic|swf|tiff|rss|atom|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|doc|xls|exe|ppt|tar|mid|midi|wav|bmp|rtf)$ { access_log off; log_not_found off; expires max; } # Web fonts send expires headers location ~* \.(?:eot|otf|ttf|woff|woff2)$ { expires max; access_log off; add_header Cache-Control "public"; } # SVGs & MP4 WEBM send expires headers - this rule is set specific to ns site location ~* \.(?:svg|svgz|mp4|webm)$ { expires max; access_log off; add_header Cache-Control "public"; } # Media: images, icons, video, audio send expires headers. location ~* \.(?:jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|cur|gz|aac|m4a|mp3|ogg|ogv|webp)$ { expires 1M; access_log off; add_header Cache-Control "public"; } # Cache css & js files location ~* \.(?:css(\.map)?|js(\.map)?)$ { add_header "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" "*"; access_log off; log_not_found off; expires 30d; } # CSS and Javascript send expires headers. location ~* \.(?:css|js)$ { expires 1y; access_log off; add_header Cache-Control "public"; } # HTML send expires headers. location ~* \.(html)$ { expires 7d; access_log off; add_header Cache-Control "public"; } # Security settings for better privacy # Deny hidden files # Deny all attempts to access hidden files such as .htaccess, .htpasswd, .DS_Store (Mac). location ~ /\. { deny all; } # Return 403 forbidden for readme.(txt|html) or license.(txt|html) or example.(txt|html) or other common git repository files location ~* "/(^$|readme|license|example|README|LEGALNOTICE|INSTALLATION|CHANGELOG)\.(txt|html|md)" { deny all; } # Deny backup extensions & log files and return 403 forbidden location ~* "\.(old|orig|original|php#|php~|php_bak|save|swo|aspx?|tpl|sh|bash|bak?|cfg|cgi|dll|exe|git|hg|ini|jsp|log|mdb|out|sql|svn|swp|tar|rdf)$" { deny all; } # common nginx configuration to block sql injection and other attacks location ~* "(eval\()" { deny all; } location ~* "(127\.0\.0\.1)" { deny all; } location ~* "([a-z0-9]{2000})" { deny all; } location ~* "(javascript\:)(.*)(\;)" { deny all; } location ~* "(base64_encode)(.*)(\()" { deny all; } location ~* "(GLOBALS|REQUEST)(=|\[|%)" { deny all; } location ~* "(<|%3C).*script.*(>|%3)" { deny all; } location ~ "(\\|\.\.\.|\.\./|~|`|<|>|\|)" { deny all; } location ~* "(boot\.ini|etc/passwd|self/environ)" { deny all; } location ~* "(thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumb)?)\.php" { deny all; } location ~* "(\'|\")(.*)(drop|insert|md5|select|union)" { deny all; } location ~* "(https?|ftp|php):/" { deny all; } location ~* "(=\\\'|=\\%27|/\\\'/?)\." { deny all; } location ~ "(\{0\}|\(/\(|\.\.\.|\+\+\+|\\\"\\\")" { deny all; } location ~ "(~|`|<|>|:|;|%|\\|\s|\{|\}|\[|\]|\|)" { deny all; } location ~* "/(=|\$&|_mm|(wp-)?config\.|cgi-|etc/passwd|muieblack)" { deny all; } location ~* "(&pws=0|_vti_|\(null\)|\{\$itemURL\}|echo(.*)kae|etc/passwd|eval\(|self/environ)" { deny all; } location ~* "/(^$|mobiquo|phpinfo|shell|sqlpatch|thumb|thumb_editor|thumbopen|timthumb|webshell|config|settings|configuration)\.php" { deny all; } # redirect from www if ($host ~ ^www\.(?<domain>.+)$) { return 301 $scheme://$domain$request_uri; } # Increase memory client_body_timeout 2024; client_header_timeout 1024; # headers add_header Permissions-Policy "geolocation=(),midi=(),sync-xhr=(),microphone=(),camera=(),magnetometer=(),gyroscope=(),fullscreen=(self),payment=()";