A BruteForce attack is a major security risk to any website. In this type of attack, a hacker tries to guess a user's password with millions of requests. Especially weak passwords are vulnerable to this type of attack. In addition, a BruteForce attack can cause availability issues.
Joomla has no built-in BruteForce protection. This Joomla System plugin fills this gap by adding a captcha challenge to all Joomla login forms. It slows down the attack considerably and therefore prevents it.
- It works with the default Joomla login-component, the default Joomla login-module and on the administrator page.
- Tested with the recaptcha-plugin shipped by Joomla.
Joomla 4 ready! Joomla 3 support will end on 01.01.2023.
- Configure and enable a captcha-plugin in Joomla (e.g. recaptcha)
- Install and enable this plugin.
- Clear Joomla cache if enabled
You can customize the position of the captcha. Just add the placeholder {authCaptchaPlaceholder} at the desired position. It has to be placed within the html <form> tag of the login form.
The captcha is not working and I can't login.
You can disable the plugin via the database. Please refer to the Joomla documentation or google.
Please open an issue. Please understand that I can't support layout problems of custom Joomla designs.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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