WordPress :: xmlrpc.php Attack redirect to homepage

i am getting more than 8k constant xmlrpc attack on my wordpress website. from the below source:

185.106.92.53 - - [07/Apr/2016:01:42:32 +0000] "POST /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.0" 499 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible: MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)" "-"

my doubt is that can i redirect the POST method into GET and with the link to my homepage. for ex: by the above attack an attacker will be redirected to my http://mydomain.co/

if there is any method then please let me know.. i am using nginx server. thanks!!

Solution

To be honest, even if you adjusted the request, this is likely an automated script carrying out these requests and you'll have no benefit doing this.

Since your using nginx, I'd recommend setting up something like:

 location = /xmlrpc.php {
     deny all;
     access_log off;
 }

OR blocking the attacker like: iptables -A INPUT -s 185.106.92.53 -j DROP if it's a single IP attack.