nuking.site

Server software versions exposed

Effort to fix: Quick win (under an hour)

Why it matters

Exact version numbers in response headers let attackers match your stack to known vulnerabilities without any probing.

How to fix it

Remove version details from Server and X-Powered-By headers (Apache: ServerTokens Prod, Nginx: server_tokens off, PHP: expose_php = Off).

On WordPress

Set expose_php = Off in php.ini (or ask your host) to remove the PHP version from X-Powered-By.