Forbid wp-config-sample.php

[TimidRobot]

Description

Forbid wp-config-sample.php

(Access to this file shouldn't have any more impact than an error log entry, but better to deny access.)

Technical details

• <Files> Directive - core - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4

Tests

Before

Command:

http --all --follow --headers --auth [REDACTED]:[REDACTED] \
    "https://stage.creativecommons.org/wp-config-sample.php?$(date +%s)"

Output

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
CF-RAY: 959711230df1bac4-MXP
Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
Cf-Cache-Status: DYNAMIC
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:28:01 GMT
Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
Server: cloudflare
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

After

Command:

http --all --follow --headers --auth [REDACTED]:[REDACTED] \
    "https://stage.creativecommons.org/wp-config-sample.php?$(date +%s)"

Output

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
CF-RAY: 9597193aa964b260-MXP
Cf-Cache-Status: DYNAMIC
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:33:32 GMT
Server: cloudflare
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

Checklist

• My pull request has a descriptive title (not a vague title like Update index.md).
• My pull request targets the default branch of the repository (main or master).
• My commit messages follow best practices.
• My code follows the established code style of the repository.
• I added or updated tests for the changes I made (if applicable).
• I added or updated documentation (if applicable).
• I tried running the project locally and verified that there are no
  visible errors.

Developer Certificate of Origin

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Developer Certificate of Origin

Developer Certificate of Origin
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.


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(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
    have the right to submit it under the open source license
    indicated in the file; or

(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
    in the file; or

(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
    it.

(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
    this project or the open source license(s) involved.

[Shafiya-Heena]

Thank you!

[TimidRobot]

Deployed to index__prod: Thu 03 Jul 2025 03:48:31 PM UTC

[Shafiya-Heena]

deployed on openglam_prod, biztool_prod, opencovid__prod chapters_prod and chapters_stage at Thu 03 Jul 2025 04:14:55 PM UTC