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Cloudflare - Unexpected POST requests

Description

'Detects post requests to unusual extensions.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.1
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

Cloudflare
| where HttpRequestMethod in~ ('POST', 'PUT')
| where tostring(HttpStatusCode) startswith '2'
| where DstBytes != 0 or SrcBytes != 0
| extend fe = extract(@'.*(\.\w+)$', 1, ClientRequestURI)
| where fe in~ ('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.png', '.icon', '.ico', '.xml', '.swf', '.svg', '.ppt', '.pttx', '.doc', '.docx', '.rtf', '.pdf', '.tif', '.zip', '.mov')

Declared entities

IP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
7313352a-09f6-4a84-88bd-6f17f1cbeb88
Additional source files 1Solutions/Cloudflare CCF/Analytic Rules/CloudflareCCFUnexpectedPost.yamlsource ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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