coreruleset / coreruleset/drupal-rule-exclusions-plugin

False positive response when using Drupal

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I have a website built on Drupal. In the backend, an AJAX request is made to display the content of the media section, but it is being blocked.

ModSecurity: Warning. Matched "Operator `Rx' with parameter `(?i)^(?:get /[^#\?]*(?:\?[^\s\x0b#]*)?(?:#[^\s\x0b]*)?|(?:connect (?:(?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\.?(?::[0-9]+)?|[\--9A-Z_a-z]+:[0-9]+)|options \*|[a-z]{3,10}[\s\x0b]+(?:[0-9A-Z_a-z]{3,7}?://[\--9A-Z (88 characters omitted)' against variable `REQUEST_LINE' (Value: `GET /views/ajax?destination=/admin/content&ajax_form=1&_wrapper_format=drupal_ajax&media_library_ope (1678 characters omitted)' ) [file "/usr/local/etc/nginx/modsecurity/coreruleset/rules/REQUEST-920-PROTOCOL-ENFORCEMENT.conf"] [line "53"] [id "920100"] [rev ""] [msg "Invalid HTTP Request Line"] [data "GET /views/ajax?destination=/admin/content&ajax_form=1&_wrapper_format=drupal_ajax&media_library_opener_id=media_library.opener.field_widget&media_library_allowed_types%5Bimage%5D=image&media_library_ (1578 characters omitted)"] [severity "4"] [ver "OWASP_CRS/4.3.0"] [maturity "0"] [accuracy "0"] [tag "application-multi"] [tag "language-multi"] [tag "platform-multi"] [tag "attack-protocol"] [tag "paranoia-level/1"] [tag "OWASP_CRS"] [tag "capec/1000/210/272"] [hostname "server_ip"] [uri "/views/ajax"] [unique_id "172858601680.784554"] [ref "v0,1778"]
ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Matched "Operator `StrEq' with parameter `0' against variable `TX:MSC_PCRE_LIMITS_EXCEEDED' (Value: `1' ) [file "/usr/local/etc/nginx/modsecurity/modsecurity.conf"] [line "136"] [id "200005"] [rev ""] [msg "ModSecurity internal error flagged: TX:MSC_PCRE_LIMITS_EXCEEDED"] [data ""] [severity "0"] [ver ""] [maturity "0"] [accuracy "0"] [hostname "server_ip"] [uri "/views/ajax"] [unique_id "172858601680.784554"] [ref ""]

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Start by examining the reported Drupal AJAX request and the match in REQUEST-920-PROTOCOL-ENFORCEMENT.conf at line 53, including the ModSecurity limit error from modsecurity.conf at line 136. Reproduce the 403 response and determine the plugin change needed so this valid request is no longer blocked; done means the request succeeds without the false positive.

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Tech stack
drupal
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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