ModSecurity
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx that is developed by Trustwave's SpiderLabs. It has a robust event-based programming language which provides protection from a range of attacks against web applications and allows for HTTP traffic monitoring, logging and real-time analysis. With over 10,000 deployments world-wide, ModSecurity is the most widely deployed WAF in existence. (by SpiderLabs)
coreruleset
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (Official Repository) (by coreruleset)
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| ModSecurity | coreruleset | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | |
| 4,874 | 685 | |
| 2.8% | 8.5% | |
| 6.7 | 9.2 | |
| about 1 month ago | 3 days ago | |
| C++ | Perl | |
| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ModSecurity
Posts with mentions or reviews of ModSecurity.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-15.
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Bulletproof at home hosting?
When it comes to your application: I don't know how tech-savvy you are, and I'm not sure if you're worried about someone breaking into your webapp, but you could look into setting up security extentions like snuffleupagus (PHP) and SpiderLab's ModSecurity WAF for Apache and nginx for which OWASP has a great, free ruleset
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How to implement WAF on Kong Ingress controller? (like ModSecurity v3)
ModSecurity (v3/master): https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity
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Best free security plugin for WP website?
I would recommend mod security which can be installed as a module for most web services like nginx and apache (and is open source). You can use the OWASP ruleset with some additional wordpress specific rulesets.
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AWS SQL Injection (?)
Looks like the webserver has a Web application firewall installed (WAF). My would guess this https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity. Has nothing to do with AWS database per se, the WAF is running on the server along Apache, as a module. Log entry was triggered because an SQL injection attempt was detected and stopped. As it looks now the website is potentially under attack.
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XSS: What it is, how it works, and how to prevent it
It may seem like overkill, but there are web application firewalls designed to specifically prevent common web attacks such as XSS and SQL Injection. Using a web application firewall (WAF) is not necessary for most applications, but for applications that require strong security, they can be a great resource. One such WAF is ModSecurity, which is available for Apache, Nginx, and IIS. Check out their wiki for more information.
coreruleset
Posts with mentions or reviews of coreruleset.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-01.
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Harden Apache2 Server
sudo git clone https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset /usr/share/modsecurity-crs
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Cloudflare's inaccessible browser contradicts the company's mission
It's quite hard, because it's not just "use known vulnerabilities on this specific address" - you can block it easily, and there are projects (such as CRS: https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset) that tries to emulate this. It's more of combined specific attacks, which is amplified because if CloudFlare detected an attempt on a single high-profile site, then that IP address can be propagate to all of the protected properties. Combine that with how random is an address allocated in Tor, and you've got blocks without using an explicit Tor list.
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How to implement WAF on Kong Ingress controller? (like ModSecurity v3)
CRS (v3.3/master): https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset.git
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ingress-nginx with modsecurity - logs 127.0.0.1 traffic like there's no tomorrow
Update. It's probably a bug.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ModSecurity and coreruleset you can also consider the following projects:
wpscan - WPScan WordPress security scanner. Written for security professionals and blog maintainers to test the security of their WordPress websites.
ModSecurity-nginx - ModSecurity v3 Nginx Connector
snuffleupagus - Security module for php7 and php8 - Killing bugclasses and virtual-patching the rest!
sqstorage - A easy to use and quick way to organize your inventory, storages and storage areas
coraza-waf - Coraza WAF is a golang modsecurity compatible web application firewall library