Core Rule Set: WordPress's ordinary requests pass by default (closes #235)
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Add the ninth change: wordpress.conf switches off, per path and field, each
rule that refused ordinary WordPress 7.1.4 requests. Three groups of fields
skip four rules on system files and commands, and only the addresses of the
first group also skip 932235. Add the recorded requests, a test at the
defaults and reading bodies, and list WordPress in the README.

Model: opus-5-5 (rework); sonnet-5-5 (copied the recorded lines)
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# The ninth change: on WordPress's paths, some fields skip the rules that refused
# ordinary WordPress requests there. Each exclusion runs with the request, before
# the rules it switches off, so this file is loaded before the Core Rule Set's
# rules. Each comment names a request the rule refused. An exclusion on a field
# of a body applies only when the query has no parameter of that name, so it
# matters only while SWW_WAF_BODY_LIMIT is set.
# WordPress takes a call to its REST API at any of four addresses:
# /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/1
# /index.php/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/1
# /index.php?rest_route=/wp/v2/posts/1
# /?rest_route=/wp/v2/posts/1
# These two rules put the route, here /wp/v2/posts/1, in tx.rest_route for the
# exclusions below. A call that names a route in both its path and its query
# gets none of them, since WordPress follows the query.
SecRule &ARGS_GET:rest_route "@eq 0" "id:900705,phase:1,pass,nolog,chain"
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@rx ^/(?:index\.php/)?wp-json(/.*)$" \
"capture,setvar:tx.rest_route=%{tx.1}"
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@rx ^/(?:index\.php)?$" "id:900706,phase:1,pass,nolog,chain"
SecRule ARGS_GET:rest_route "@rx ^(/.*)$" "capture,setvar:tx.rest_route=%{tx.1}"
# The block editor saves a post with POST and the header X-HTTP-Method-Override:
# PUT, which the Core Rule Set refused (920450). So does saving a user's editor
# preferences.
SecRule TX:rest_route "@beginsWith /" \
"id:900700,phase:1,pass,nolog,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=920450;REQUEST_HEADERS_NAMES:X-HTTP-Method-Override"
# The block editor and the site editor send HTML in the JSON field content, which
# skips these rules when saving or autosaving a post, a page, a template or a
# template part:
# 930120: cat /etc/hosts
# 932230: a code block with a shell pipeline and an SQL query
# 932250: the same code block
# 934100: console.log('ok')
# 941100: <iframe src="..." onload="...">
# 941110: <script>
# 941120: onload=
# 941160: <img src=
# 941180: <!-- wp:paragraph -->, the comment that starts every block
# 941390: console.log(
# 942190: how to select a table from the catalog
# 942270: how to select a table from the catalog
SecRule TX:rest_route \
"@rx ^/wp/v2/(?:(?:posts|pages)(?:/[0-9]+(?:/autosaves)?)?|template(?:s|-parts)(?:/[^/]+//[^/]+(?:/autosaves)?)?)$" \
"id:900701,phase:1,pass,nolog,chain"
SecRule &ARGS_GET:json.content "@eq 0" \
"ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=930120;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932230;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932250;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=934100;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941100;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941110;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941120;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941160;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941180;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941390;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=942190;ARGS:json.content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=942270;ARGS:json.content"
# A reply to a comment from the list of comments, in content:
# 932125: ls -la, in the reply's text
# 932230: ls -la, in the reply's text
# 932250: ls -la, in the reply's text
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@streq /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" \
"id:900702,phase:1,pass,nolog,chain"
SecRule &ARGS_GET:content "@eq 0" \
"ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932125;ARGS:content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932230;ARGS:content,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932250;ARGS:content"
# Saving a plugin's or a theme's file from its file editor sends the file in
# newcontent, which skips these rules, each of which refused saving the plugin
# Hello Dolly's hello.php. Some of them refused only the whole file:
# 932140: if ( 'en_' !== substr(
# 932235: the whole file
# 933100: the whole file
# 933160: if ( 'en_' !== substr(
# 933210: $lyrics = explode(
# 941100: <style type='text/css'>
# 941160: <style type='text/css'>
# 941190: the whole file
# 942151: if ( 'en_' !== substr(
# 942540: Dolly'll never go away again";
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@streq /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" \
"id:900703,phase:1,pass,nolog,chain"
SecRule &ARGS_GET:newcontent "@eq 0" \
"ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932140;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932235;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=933100;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=933160;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=933210;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941100;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941160;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941190;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=942151;ARGS:newcontent,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=942540;ARGS:newcontent"
# Signing in, in pwd, where a password holds any characters:
# 930120: a password ending in /etc/hosts
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@streq /wp-login.php" \
"id:900704,phase:1,pass,nolog,chain"
SecRule &ARGS_GET:pwd "@eq 0" "ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=930120;ARGS:pwd"
# The plugin and theme file editors name the file open in file, which skips
# these rules there:
# 930120: akismet/views/config.php
# 932120: install-script.sh
# 932160: bin/install.sh
# 932260: docker-compose.yml
# 941180: document.write.js
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@rx ^/wp-admin/(?:plugin|theme)-editor\.php$" \
"id:900709,phase:1,pass,nolog,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=930120;ARGS:file,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932120;ARGS:file,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932160;ARGS:file,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932260;ARGS:file,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=941180;ARGS:file"
# Searches, the names of tags, categories, plugins and themes, and WordPress's
# addresses for its own pages can hold any word. In the fields of the next three
# rules, each request skips the rules that refused such words:
# 930120: .htaccess
# 932120: powershell
# 932250: ls -la
# 932260: python3
# An address repeats the search it came from, so only the addresses of the first
# group also skip:
# 932235: python3, in the address of a page of results
# All of wp-admin, and signing in.
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@rx ^/(?:wp-admin/|wp-login\.php$)" \
"id:900707,phase:1,pass,nolog,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=930120;ARGS:/^(?:s|search|q|term|tag|category_name|plugin|checked\[\]|theme|stylesheet|url|return|redirect_to|wp_http_referer|_wp_http_referer)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932120;ARGS:/^(?:s|search|q|term|tag|category_name|plugin|checked\[\]|theme|stylesheet|url|return|redirect_to|wp_http_referer|_wp_http_referer)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932235;ARGS:/^(?:url|return|redirect_to|wp_http_referer|_wp_http_referer)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932250;ARGS:/^(?:s|search|q|term|tag|category_name|plugin|checked\[\]|theme|stylesheet|url|return|redirect_to|wp_http_referer|_wp_http_referer)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932260;ARGS:/^(?:s|search|q|term|tag|category_name|plugin|checked\[\]|theme|stylesheet|url|return|redirect_to|wp_http_referer|_wp_http_referer)$/"
# Every route of WordPress's own REST API, and the embed address each post links
# to.
SecRule TX:rest_route "@rx ^/(?:wp/v2/|oembed/1\.0/embed$)" \
"id:900708,phase:1,pass,nolog,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=930120;ARGS:/^(?:search|term|slug|url)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932120;ARGS:/^(?:search|term|slug|url)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932250;ARGS:/^(?:search|term|slug|url)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932260;ARGS:/^(?:search|term|slug|url)$/"
# The site's own pages, and the later pages of a search.
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@rx ^/(?:(?:index\.php/)?page/[0-9]+/?|index\.php)?$" \
"id:900710,phase:1,pass,nolog,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=930120;ARGS:/^(?:s|tag)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932120;ARGS:/^(?:s|tag)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932250;ARGS:/^(?:s|tag)$/,\
ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932260;ARGS:/^(?:s|tag)$/"
# The media list sends its own address in _wp_http_referer, which ends in &ps and
# so skips 932340 there.
SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "@streq /wp-admin/upload.php" \
"id:900711,phase:1,pass,nolog,ctl:ruleRemoveTargetById=932340;ARGS:_wp_http_referer"