diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/ui/core/filters/XmlRpcEnabledFilter.java b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/ui/core/filters/XmlRpcEnabledFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e99fd4f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/ui/core/filters/XmlRpcEnabledFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  The ASF licenses this file to You
+ * under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.  For additional information regarding
+ * copyright in this work, please see the NOTICE file in the top level
+ * directory of this distribution.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.servlet.Filter;
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.roller.weblogger.config.WebloggerRuntimeConfig;
+
+/**
+ * Gates the XML-RPC endpoint on <code>webservices.enableXmlRpc</code>, ahead of
+ * the servlet, so a disabled service is not reachable.
+ */
+public class XmlRpcEnabledFilter implements Filter {
+
+    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(XmlRpcEnabledFilter.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) {
+        // nothing to configure
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response,
+                         FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
+
+        if (!WebloggerRuntimeConfig.getBooleanProperty("webservices.enableXmlRpc")) {
+            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                LOG.debug("XML-RPC service is disabled; rejecting request");
+            }
+            ((HttpServletResponse) response).sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        chain.doFilter(request, response);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {
+        // nothing to release
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 0418832da..63f53f062 100644
--- a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
         <filter-class>org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.BootstrapFilter</filter-class>
     </filter>
 
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>XmlRpcEnabledFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.XmlRpcEnabledFilter</filter-class>
+    </filter>
+
     <filter>
         <filter-name>RequestMappingFilter</filter-name>
         <filter-class>org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering.filters.RequestMappingFilter</filter-class>
@@ -154,6 +159,11 @@
 	</filter-mapping>
 
     <!-- Request mapping, this is what allows the urls to work -->
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>XmlRpcEnabledFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>/roller-services/xmlrpc</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
     <filter-mapping>
         <filter-name>RequestMappingFilter</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
@@ -296,9 +306,11 @@
         <init-param>
             <description>
                 Sets whether the servlet supports vendor extensions for XML-RPC.
+                Roller uses only the standard XML-RPC value types; the library's
+                vendor extension types are unused and are switched off.
             </description>
             <param-name>enabledForExtensions</param-name>
-            <param-value>true</param-value>
+            <param-value>false</param-value>
         </init-param>
     </servlet>
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/webservices/xmlrpc/XmlRpcExtensionTypeTest.java b/app/src/test/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/webservices/xmlrpc/XmlRpcExtensionTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..848a44d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/webservices/xmlrpc/XmlRpcExtensionTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  The ASF licenses this file to You
+ *  under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ *  use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.  For additional information regarding
+ *  copyright in this work, please see the NOTICE file in the top level
+ *  directory of this distribution.
+ */
+package org.apache.roller.weblogger.webservices.xmlrpc;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.XmlRpcRequestParser;
+import org.apache.xmlrpc.common.XmlRpcHttpRequestConfigImpl;
+import org.apache.xmlrpc.common.TypeFactoryImpl;
+import org.apache.xmlrpc.common.XmlRpcController;
+import org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServer;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
+import org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Covers how the XML-RPC endpoint treats vendor extension types.
+ *
+ * <p>Roller's XML-RPC API uses only the standard value types, so the library's
+ * vendor extension types are switched off in <code>web.xml</code> and the
+ * endpoint is closed entirely while the service is disabled.
+ */
+public class XmlRpcExtensionTypeTest {
+
+    private static final Path WEB_XML =
+            Paths.get("src", "main", "webapp", "WEB-INF", "web.xml");
+
+    private String parseRequest(String xml, boolean extensionsEnabled) throws Exception {
+        XmlRpcServer server = new XmlRpcServer();
+        XmlRpcHttpRequestConfigImpl config = new XmlRpcHttpRequestConfigImpl();
+        config.setEnabledForExtensions(extensionsEnabled);
+
+        XmlRpcRequestParser parser = new XmlRpcRequestParser(
+                config, new TypeFactoryImpl((XmlRpcController) server));
+        XMLReader reader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
+        reader.setContentHandler(parser);
+        reader.parse(new InputSource(
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
+        return parser.getMethodName();
+    }
+
+    private static final String ORDINARY_REQUEST =
+            "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><methodCall>"
+                    + "<methodName>blogger.getUsersBlogs</methodName>"
+                    + "<params><param><value><string>hello</string></value></param></params>"
+                    + "</methodCall>";
+
+    /** The shipped configuration must not enable the extension types. */
+    @Test
+    public void shippedConfigurationDisablesExtensionTypes() throws Exception {
+        String webXml = new String(Files.readAllBytes(WEB_XML), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        int idx = webXml.indexOf("enabledForExtensions");
+        assertTrue(idx > 0, "enabledForExtensions param not found in web.xml");
+        String tail = webXml.substring(idx, Math.min(idx + 300, webXml.length()));
+        assertTrue(tail.contains("<param-value>false</param-value>"),
+                "the XML-RPC servlet must not enable vendor extension types:\n" + tail);
+    }
+
+    /** The endpoint is closed by a filter while the service is switched off. */
+    @Test
+    public void endpointIsGatedWhileTheServiceIsDisabled() throws Exception {
+        String webXml = new String(Files.readAllBytes(WEB_XML), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        assertTrue(webXml.contains("XmlRpcEnabledFilter"),
+                "a filter must gate the XML-RPC endpoint");
+        int mapping = webXml.indexOf("<filter-name>XmlRpcEnabledFilter</filter-name>",
+                webXml.indexOf("<filter-mapping>"));
+        assertTrue(mapping > 0, "the gating filter must be mapped");
+        assertTrue(webXml.indexOf("/roller-services/xmlrpc", mapping) > 0,
+                "the gating filter must be mapped to the XML-RPC endpoint");
+    }
+
+    /** Ordinary XML-RPC calls must still parse with extensions disabled. */
+    @Test
+    public void ordinaryCallsStillParseWithExtensionsDisabled() throws Exception {
+        String methodName = parseRequest(ORDINARY_REQUEST, false);
+        assertNotNull(methodName, "an ordinary XML-RPC call must still parse");
+        assertEquals("blogger.getUsersBlogs", methodName);
+    }
+}
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