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Web Application Suspicious Activity: POST Request Declined
editWeb Application Suspicious Activity: POST Request Declined
editA POST request to web application returned a 403 response, which indicates the web application declined to process the request because the action requested was not allowed.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- apm--transaction
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- APM
- Elastic
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Potential false positives
editSecurity scans and tests may result in these errors. Misconfigured or buggy applications may produce large numbers of these errors. If the source is unexpected, the user unauthorized, or the request unusual, these may indicate suspicious or malicious activity.
Rule query
edithttp.response.status_code:403 and http.request.method:post
Rule version history
edit- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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- Formatting only.