Elastic Security Detection Rules

Web Application Suspicious Activity: POST Request Declined

Last updated 21 days ago on 2025-01-15
Created 5 years ago on 2020-02-18

About

A POST request to a web application returned a 403 response, which indicates the web application declined to process the request because the action requested was not allowed.
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:403 and http.request.method:post

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Web Application Suspicious Activity: POST Request Declined 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).