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Atomicorp WAF Rule 390723

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 390723
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: mod_proxy attack attempt detected
  • Observed CWEs: CWE-918 (1)
  • Rule severity: Alert (1)
  • Phase: 1 (request headers)
  • Request surfaces: Raw request URI
  • Rule action: deny
  • HTTP status: 403
  • Public tags: attack-protocol
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “mod_proxy attack attempt detected” in the raw request URI. It evaluates during the request headers 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-2021-40438Apache <= 2.4.48 Mod_Proxy - Server-Side Request Forgeryhttp server9.0 (v3.1)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-918CVE-2021-40438