WAF rule enhancements for improved detection coverage
Cloudflare deployed new and improved WAF rules to enhance detection resilience against web attacks, including new command injection detections and merged rules for better behavioral coverage.
This week's release focuses on new improvements 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 | ...97321c6c | N/A | Command Injection - Generic 9 - URI Vector | Log | Disabled | This is a new detection. |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...1eb7a999 | N/A | Command Injection - Generic 9 - Header Vector | Log | Disabled | This is a new detection. |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...0677175f | N/A | Command Injection - Generic 9 - Body Vector | Log | Disabled | This is a new detection. |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...479da68f | N/A | PHP, vBulletin, jQuery File Upload - Code Injection, Dangerous File Upload - CVE:CVE-2018-9206, CVE:CVE-2019-17132 (beta) | Log | Block | This rule has been merged into the original rule "PHP, vBulletin, jQuery File Upload - Code Injection, Dangerous File Upload - CVE:CVE-2018-9206, CVE:CVE-2019-17132" (ID: ...824b817c) |
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