Overview
Concepts
WAF attack score
Uploaded content scanning
Custom rules
Create custom rules in the dashboard
Create custom rules via API
Configure a rule with the Skip action
API examples
Skip options
Manage custom rules in the dashboard
Custom rulesets
Use the dashboard
Use the API
Firewall rules
Rate limiting rules
Determining the rate
Create in the dashboard for a zone
Create in the dashboard for an account
Create via API
Rate limiting parameters
Rule examples
Best practices
Managed rules
Deploy in the dashboard for a zone
Deploy in the dashboard for an account
Deploy via API
Rulesets reference
Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset
Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check
Defining WAF exceptions
Define WAF exceptions in the dashboard
Define WAF exceptions via API
Log the payload of matched rules
Configure payload logging in the dashboard
View the payload content in the dashboard
Configure payload logging via API
Command-line operations
Generate a key pair
Decrypt the payload content
Additional tools
IP Access rules
Create a rule
Parameters
Actions
User Agent Blocking
Zone Lockdown
Automated exposed credentials check
How exposed credentials checks work
Configure exposed credentials checks via API
Test your exposed credentials checks configuration
Monitor exposed credentials events
Security Analytics
Security Events
Free plan
Paid plans
Additional information
Reference
Alerts
Phases
Migration guides
Migrating to the new WAF Managed Rules
Firewall rules are becoming custom rules
Deprecation of old rate limiting
Changelog
Scheduled changes
2023-04-11
2023-03-20
2023-03-13
2023-03-06
2023-02-27
2023-02-13
2023-02-06
2023-01-30
2023-01-24
2023-01-16
2023-01-09
2022-12-12
2022-11-29
2022-11-14
2022-10-31
2022-10-18 - Emergency
2022-10-17
2022-10-14 - Emergency
2022-10-10
2022-10-03 - Emergency
2022-10-03
2022-09-20 – Emergency
2022-09-12
2022-09-05
2022-08-30
2022-08-22
2022-08-15
2022-08-01
2022-07-25
2022-07-18
2022-07-06
2022-07-05
2022-06-20
2022-06-10 – Emergency
2022-06-07 – Emergency
2022-06-06
2022-06-04 – Emergency
2022-06-03 – Emergency
2022-05-30
2022-05-16
2022-05-10 – Emergency
2022-05-09
2022-04-25
2022-04-20
2022-04-11
2022-04-04 – Emergency
2022-03-31 – Emergency
2022-03-29 – Emergency
2022-03-14
2022-03-07
2022-02-28
2022-02-21
2022-02-14
2022-01-24
2021-12-16 – Emergency
2021-12-14 – Emergency
2021-12-10 – Emergency
2021-11-01
2021-10-25
2021-10-19
2021-10-04
2021-09-06
2021-09-01 – Emergency
2021-08-31
2021-08-23
2021-08-16
2021-07-26
2021-07-19
2021-07-01 – Emergency
2021-06-21
2021-06-14
2021-06-07
2021-06-01
2021-04-21 – Emergency
2021-04-19
2021-03-22
2021-03-08
2021-03-06 – Emergency
2021-03-05 – Emergency
2021-03-01
2020-12-14
2020-12-02
2020-11-16
2020-11-05 – Emergency
2020-11-04 – Emergency
2020-10-19
2020-10-12
2020-10-05
2020-09-28
2020-09-21
2020-09-15
2020-09-07
2020-08-24
2020-09-01
2020-07-27
2020-08-03
2020-07-20
2020-07-07 – Emergency
2020-07-13
2020-06-22
2020-06-15
2020-06-08
2020-05-25
2020-05-11
2020-05-04
2020-04-27
2020-04-20
2020-04-06
2020-03-30
2020-03-23
2020-03-12
2020-03-09
2020-03-02 – Emergency
2020-02-17
2020-02-10
2020-01-27
2020-01-20
2020-01-16 – Emergency
2019-12-16
2019-11-25 – Emergency
2019-11-12
2019-11-07 – Emergency
2019-11-04
2019-10-27 – Emergency
2019-10-23 – Emergency
2019-10-21
2019-10-17 – Emergency
2019-10-14
2019-10-07
2019-09-30
2019-09-26 – Emergency
2019-09-16
Historical

Scheduled changes

Announcement Date	Release Date	Release Behavior	Legacy Rule ID	Rule ID	Description	Comments
2023-04-24	2023-05-01	Block	100582	...18585d20	vBulletin - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-25135	New detection
2023-04-24	2023-05-01	Block	100534_BETA	...1e9b5f8c	Webshell Activity - Beta	This will replace 100534 and ...49e6b538
2023-04-24	2023-05-01	Block	100558_BETA	...f6a96bd1	Malware, Web Shell - Beta	This will replace 100558 and ...8b036974