Atomicorp WAF Rule 336359

Rule Summary

• Rule ID: 336359
• Status: Active
• Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules - Virtual Just In Time Patch: Wordpress pingback zombie attack
• Observed CWEs: None documented
• Revision: 2
• Rule severity: Critical (2)
• Phase: 2 (request body)
• Request surfaces: Request URI
• Rule action: deny
• HTTP status: 403
• Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects and blocks wordpress pingback denial of service attacks.

Troubleshooting

False Positives

There are no known false positives with this rule.

Tuning Guidance

Please see the Tuning the Atomicorp WAF Rules page for more information if you wish to disable or modify this rule.

Selected Related CVEs

This is a selected list of documented research observations, not an exhaustive coverage matrix. Absence of a CVE does not imply absence of protection.

No selected related public CVE research notes are currently published.

Documentation Source

• Original wiki page: WAF 336359
• Source revision: 4655
• Source revision date: 2014-03-27