Web Application Suspicious Activity: Unauthorized Method

Last updated 21 days ago on 2025-01-15

Created 5 years ago on 2020-02-18

About

A request to a web application returned a 405 response, which indicates the web application declined to process the request because the HTTP method is not allowed for the resource.

Tags: Data Source: APMLanguage: kuery
Severity: medium
Risk Score: 47
False Positive Examples: Security 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.
License: Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type: Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack: Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns: apm-*-transaction*traces-apm*
Related Integrations: apm(opens in a new tab or window)
Query

http.response.status_code:405

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Web Application Suspicious Activity: Unauthorized Method in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).