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express-waf-middleware
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a sample WAF(web application firewall) for the Express.
$ npm install express-waf-middleware
//option value: 1:enable,0:disable
var waf_options = {
url: 1, //detect the url
userAgent: 1, //detect the user-agent
cookies: 1, //detect the cookies
body: 1, //detect the body
log: 1 //print log informaton
}
app.use(express_waf_middleware(waf_options));
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var express_waf_middleware = require("express-waf-middleware");
var waf_options = {
url: 1, //detect the url,1:enable,0:disable,below,the same
userAgent: 1, //detect the user-agent
cookies: 1, //detect the cookies
body: 1, //detect the body
log: 1 //print log informaton
}
app.use(express_waf_middleware(waf_options));
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.send('Hello world');
});
app.listen(8000);
console.log("Test server at port:8000");
console.log("You can use these urls for testing:")
console.log("http://127.0.0.1:8000/");
console.log("http://127.0.0.1:8000/add.asp?id=1' or select * from admin");
console.log("http://127.0.0.1:8000/<script>alert('hello');</script>")
You can edit the rules file. File location: express-waf-middleware folder,rules.js
/select.+(from|limit)/i,
/(?:(union(.*?)select))/i,
/sleep\((\s*)(\d*)(\s*)\)/i,
/group\s+by.+\(/i,
/(?:from\W+information_schema\W)/i,
/(?:(?:current_)user|database|schema|connection_id)\s*\(/i,
/\s*or\s+.*=.*/i,
/order\s+by\s+.*--$/i,
/benchmark\((.*)\,(.*)\)/i,
/base64_decode\(/i,
/(?:(?:current_)user|database|version|schema|connection_id)\s*\(/i,
/(?:etc\/\W*passwd)/i,
/into(\s+)+(?:dump|out)file\s*/i,
/xwork.MethodAccessor/i,
/(?:define|eval|file_get_contents|include|require|require_once|shell_exec|phpinfo|system|passthru|preg_\w+|execute|echo|print|print_r|var_dump|(fp)open|alert|showmodaldialog)\(/i,
/\<(iframe|script|body|img|layer|div|meta|style|base|object|input)/i,
/(onmouseover|onmousemove|onerror|onload)\=/i,
/javascript:/i,
/\.\.\/\.\.\//i,
/\|\|.*(?:ls|pwd|whoami|ll|ifconfog|ipconfig|&&|chmod|cd|mkdir|rmdir|cp|mv)/i,
/(?:ls|pwd|whoami|ll|ifconfog|ipconfig|&&|chmod|cd|mkdir|rmdir|cp|mv).*\|\|/i,
/(gopher|doc|php|glob|file|phar|zlib|ftp|ldap|dict|ogg|data)\:\//i
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a sample WAF(web application firewall) for the Express.
We found that express-waf-middleware demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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