# HTTP Auth

> Provides comprehensive security during development by protecting your entire site and your admin pages from brute-force attacks.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `http-auth`
- Author: Sami Ahmed Siddiqui
- Version: 1.0.1
- Active installs: 6,000+
- Last update: 2025-07-22 (16 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.8.12 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.5, PHP 5.6
- Tags: brute attack, Brute Force, http auth, prevent-crawl, restrict site
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/http-auth/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2025-07-22).
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.8.12).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2023-07-26 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 0.3.2). CVE-2023-27435, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43357daa-4dce-4851-b41b-48d3ffb8a387?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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