owasp-modsecurity / owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity

Modsecurity sees the HTTP "INVALID" method instead of "PATCH"

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Hello,

I installed modsecurity 2 on IIS 10 in reverse-proxy with the OWASP csr.

For the moment, the WAF works in DetectionOnly and therefore does not block anything. I authorized in the csr-setup.conf the HTTP PATCH method, but I see that when the PATCH method is used, it is blocked by Modsecurity because PATCH is replaced by INVALID, but the application works correctly, because IIS is authorized to use PATCH and in the IIS logs, it is well written PATCH. I don't understand why Modsecurity receives INVALID.

Could you please help me?

have a nice day

KP

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Start by reproducing the PATCH request through ModSecurity 2 on IIS 10 in the reverse-proxy setup, using the OWASP CRS and the authorization in csr-setup.conf. Compare the method recorded by IIS with the method ModSecurity receives; done means identifying why PATCH becomes INVALID or documenting the missing information needed to resolve it.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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