WAF Rule Enhancements and Detections
Improved existing WAF rule detections to enhance coverage against web attacks and strengthen behavioral coverage. Multiple beta rules have been merged into original rules, and new command execution detections have been added to the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset.
This week's release focuses on improvements to existing detections to enhance coverage.
Key Findings
- Existing rule enhancements have been deployed to improve detection resilience against broad classes of web attacks and strengthen behavioral coverage.
| Ruleset | Rule ID | Legacy Rule ID | Description | Previous Action | New Action | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...be5ec20c | N/A | Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2021-26084 - Beta | Log | Block | This rule is merged into the original rule "Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2021-26084" (ID: ...69e0b97a) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...0d9206e3 | N/A | PostgreSQL - SQLi - Copy - Beta | Log | Block | This rule is merged into the original rule "PostgreSQL - SQLi - COPY" (ID: ...e7265a4e) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...0cd00ba7 | N/A | Generic Rules - Command Execution - Body | Log | Disabled | This is a new detection. |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...cd679ad4 | N/A | Generic Rules - Command Execution - Header | Log | Disabled | This is a new detection. |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...fd181fb3 | N/A | Generic Rules - Command Execution - URI | Log | Disabled | This is a new detection. |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...7a95bc3a | N/A | SQLi - Tautology - URI - Beta | Log | Block | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - Tautology - URI" (ID: ...b3de2e0a) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...432ac90d | N/A | SQLi - WaitFor Function - Beta | Log | Block | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - WaitFor Function" (ID: ...d5faba59) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...596c741e | N/A | SQLi - AND/OR Digit Operator Digit 2 - Beta | Log | Block | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - AND/OR Digit Operator Digit" (ID: ...88d80772) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...03b2f3fe | N/A | SQLi - Equation 2 - Beta | Log | Block | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - Equation" (ID: ...a72a6b3a) |
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