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Atomicorp WAF Rule 337218

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 337218
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules - Virtual Just In Time Patch: Struts RCE attack blocked
  • Observed CWEs: CWE-20 (1)
  • Revision: 1
  • Rule severity: Critical (2)
  • Phase: 2 (request body)
  • Request surfaces: Request headers, Request arguments, JSON request data, SOAP request data, XML request data
  • Rule action: deny
  • HTTP status: 403
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “Virtual Just In Time Patch: Struts RCE attack blocked” in the request headers, request arguments, JSON request data, SOAP request data, XML request data. It evaluates during the request body phase and denies matching traffic with HTTP status 403.

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

CVEVulnerabilityProductCVSSSeverity
CVE-2017-12611Apache Struts2 S2-053 - Remote Code Executionstruts9.8 (v3.0)Critical

Observed CWEs

These CWEs are recorded on published CVEs in the selected observations associated with this rule. They are observational relationships, not a claim that the rule universally blocks every vulnerability assigned to a CWE.

CWERelated Published CVEs
CWE-20CVE-2017-12611