45.138.12.40
listedScannerRegularToolkit
Case file
First seen on 2026-09-29T15:48:50Z, most recently active on 2026-10-02T18:15:23Z.
Recorded 29 attack-shaped requests across 3 separate days.
Its traffic probed a list of common site paths looking for an unprotected admin panel or staging copy; it also requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress; it also requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins.
Seen from 1 of our sensors: nl4-web.
Scored into the "Scanner" level, carrying the badges Regular, Toolkit.
Routed via AS218785 (Tc Datacenter Limited), an ASN we classify as hosting.
Publicly listed on this board, but not currently blocked on any of our hosts.
Enrichment
| rDNS | none |
|---|---|
| ASN | AS218785 — Tc Datacenter Limited |
| ASN type | hosting |
| Country | Lithuania (LT) |
| Flags | none observed |
Timeline
- 2026-09-295
- 2026-09-305
- 2026-10-0219
Evidence (newest first, up to 50)
| Time (UTC) | Vantage | Site | Class | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30T22:45:11Z | nl4-web | odor-ex.com | requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [01/Oct/2026:01:45:11 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "http://odor-ex.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14; SM-S928B) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-30T22:45:10Z | nl4-web | odor-ex.com | read a WordPress plugin's readme.txt to fingerprint its exact version for a known vulnerability | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [01/Oct/2026:01:45:10 +0300] "GET /wp-content/plugins/web-to-print-online-designer/readme.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "http://odor-ex.com/wp-content/plugins/web-to-print-online-designer/readme.txt" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12… |
| 2026-10-02T14:14:17Z | nl4-web | dubstard.com | probed a list of common site paths looking for an unprotected admin panel or staging copy | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:17:14:17 +0300] "GET /wordpress HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Go-http-client/1.1" |
| 2026-09-29T15:48:51Z – 2026-09-29T15:48:51Z ×2 | nl4-web | dubstard.com | 2 × probed a WordPress admin/content path used to fingerprint the installation or hunt for an exposed upload/plugin surface | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [29/Sep/2026:18:48:51 +0300] "GET /wp-content/uploads/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "http://dubstard.com/wp-content/uploads/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-29T15:48:51Z | nl4-web | dubstard.com | requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [29/Sep/2026:18:48:51 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "http://dubstard.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.4.1 Safari/605.1.15" |
| 2026-09-29T15:48:51Z | nl4-web | dubstard.com | probed a WordPress admin/content path used to fingerprint the installation or hunt for an exposed upload/plugin surface | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [29/Sep/2026:18:48:51 +0300] "GET /wp-content/uploads/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "http://dubstard.com/wp-content/uploads/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/124.0.0.0" |
| 2026-09-29T15:48:50Z | nl4-web | dubstard.com | requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [29/Sep/2026:18:48:50 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "http://dubstard.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:126.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/126.0" |
| 2026-09-30T10:25:41Z | nl4-web | carrentvarna.com | read a WordPress plugin's readme.txt to fingerprint its exact version for a known vulnerability | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [30/Sep/2026:13:25:41 +0300] "GET /wp-content/plugins/web-to-print-online-designer/readme.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 1275 "http://carrentvarna.com/wp-content/plugins/web-to-print-online-designer/readme.txt" "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_4_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML… |
| 2026-10-02T18:15:23Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | probed a list of common site paths looking for an unprotected admin panel or staging copy | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:21:15:23 +0300] "HEAD /wp/ HTTP/1.1" 404 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.5 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1" |
| 2026-10-02T18:15:20Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:21:15:20 +0300] "GET /blog/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 3277 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-02T18:15:16Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:21:15:16 +0300] "GET /wp/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 3277 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-02T18:15:16Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:21:15:16 +0300] "GET /staging/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 3277 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-02T18:15:16Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:21:15:16 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 404 3277 "http://amosix.eu/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 OPR/112.0.0.0" |
| 2026-10-02T05:17:50Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | probed a list of common site paths looking for an unprotected admin panel or staging copy | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:08:17:50 +0300] "GET /staging HTTP/1.1" 404 3277 "-" "Go-http-client/1.1" |
| 2026-09-30T04:50:04Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [30/Sep/2026:07:50:04 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 404 3277 "http://amosdb.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:125.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/125.0" |
| 2026-09-30T04:49:57Z | nl4-web | amosix.eu | read a WordPress plugin's readme.txt to fingerprint its exact version for a known vulnerability | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [30/Sep/2026:07:49:57 +0300] "GET /wp-content/plugins/web-to-print-online-designer/readme.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 3277 "https://amosdb.com/wp-content/plugins/web-to-print-online-designer/readme.txt" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ch… |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:12Z – 2026-10-02T15:23:12Z ×2 | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | 2 × probed a list of common site paths looking for an unprotected admin panel or staging copy | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:12 +0300] "HEAD /wordpress/ HTTP/1.1" 404 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (2 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:11Z – 2026-10-02T15:23:12Z ×4 | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | 4 × probed a list of common site paths looking for an unprotected admin panel or staging copy | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:12 +0300] "GET /blog/ HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:126.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/126.0" (4 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:10Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:10 +0300] "GET /blog/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji.js HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:10Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:10 +0300] "GET /staging/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:126.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/126.0" |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:10Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:10 +0300] "GET /wp/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/125.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:09Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:09 +0300] "GET /shop/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:125.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/125.0" |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:09Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:09 +0300] "GET /wordpress/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.5 Safari/605.1.15" |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:09Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | requested wp-login.php to check whether this site runs WordPress | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:09 +0300] "GET /blog/wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-02T15:23:01Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins | 404 | 45.138.12.40 - - [02/Oct/2026:18:23:01 +0300] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
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