Matched On Variables

A short description of the information contained for each variable referenced in the Matched On field is provided below.

Variable Scope

ARGS

Contains:

  • All query string parameters
  • All parameters in the POST request body

ARGS_COMBINED_SIZE

Describes the combined size for:

  • All query string parameters
  • All parameters in the POST request body

ARGS_GET

Contains all query string parameters.

ARGS_GET_NAMES

Contains the names of all query string parameters.

ARGS_NAMES

Contains the names for:

  • All query string parameters
  • All parameters in the POST request body

ARGS_POST

Contains all key-value pairs within a POST request.

ARGS_POST_NAMES

Contains the names of all parameters in the POST request body.

AUTH_TYPE

Describes the built-in HTTP authentication method (e.g., Basic) used to validate a user.

DURATION

Describes the length of time, in milliseconds, it took to fulfill the request.

ENV

Identifies an environment variable.

FILES

Describes the original file name for a multipart/form-data (e.g., byte range) request.

FILES_COMBINED_SIZE

Describes the total file size of the request body for a multipart/form-data (e.g., byte range) request.

FILES_NAMES

Contains a list of form fields that were used for file upload for a multipart/form-data request.

FULL_REQUEST

Describes the request including request headers and the request body.

FULL_REQUEST_LENGTH

Indicates the number of bytes that may be used by FULL_REQUEST.

FILES_SIZES

Contains a list of file sizes for a multipart/form-data (e.g., byte range) request.

FILES_TMPNAMES

Contains a list of file names for the temporary files generated for a multipart/form-data (e.g., byte range) request.

GEO

Contains a geographical description of the request. This variable may contain any of the following fields:

  • AREA_CODE: Identifies the area code from which the request originated. This information is only gathered for requests that originate from the United States.
  • CITY: Identifies the name of the city from which the request originated.
  • COUNTRY_CODE: Identifies the country from which the request originated through its two character country code.
  • COUNTRY_CODE3: Identifies the country from which the request originated through its country code. This code may consist of up to three characters.
  • COUNTRY_CONTINENT: Identifies the continent from which the request originated by its two character continent code (e.g., EU).
  • COUNTRY_NAME: Identifies the country from which the request originated by its name.
  • DMA_CODE: Identifies the metropolitan area code from which the request originated. This information is only gathered for requests that originate from the United States.
  • LATITUDE: Identifies the latitude from which the request originated.
  • LONGITUDE: Identifies the longitude from which the request originated.
  • POSTAL_CODE: Identifies the postal code from which the request originated.
  • REGION: Identifies the region from which the request originated by its two character region code.
    • US: Identifies a state.
    • Canada: Identifies a province.

HIGHEST_SEVERITY

Indicates the highest threat severity assigned to the request.

INBOUND_DATA_ERROR

Set to 1 when the request body size exceeds the corresponding profile's Max File Size option.

MULTIPART_CRLF_LF_LINES

Set to 1 when a multipart request (e.g., byte range request) uses mixed line terminators.

MULTIPART_FILENAME

Contains a request's multipart data.

MULTIPART_NAME

Contains a request's multipart data.

MULTIPART_STRICT_ERROR

Set to 1 when an error is detected in the request body for a multipart/form-data (e.g., byte range) request.

MULTIPART_UNMATCHED_BOUNDARY

Set to 1 when a faux boundary is detected within a multipart/form-data (e.g., byte range) request.

PATH_INFO

Contains the extra path information that may be appended to a URL. For example, this variable would contain "/abc" for the following request: /index.php/abc.

QUERY_STRING

Contains the entire raw query string defined in the request URL.

REMOTE_ADDR

Identifies the requester by its IP address.

REMOTE_HOST

Identifies a host by its hostname or IP address.

REMOTE_PORT

Contains the port defined in the request.

REMOTE_USER

Identifies the user name of an authenticated user.

REQBODY_ERROR

Indicates whether an error occurred during the parsing of the request body. Valid values are:

  • 0: An error was not detected.
  • 1: Error

REQBODY_ERROR_MSG

Contains an error message if an error occurred during the parsing of the request body.

REQBODY_PROCESSOR

Contains the name of the request body parser.

REQUEST_BASENAME

Identifies the file name of the requested content.

REQUEST_BODY

Contains the URL-encoded request body.

REQUEST_BODY_LENGTH

Contains the size of the request body in bytes.

REQUEST_COOKIES

Contains the set of request cookie values.

REQUEST_COOKIES_NAMES

Contains the set of request cookie names.

REQUEST_FILENAME

Identifies the request's file name. This value does not include query strings.

REQUEST_HEADERS

Contains a set of request header values.

REQUEST_HEADERS_NAMES

Contains a set of request header names.

REQUEST_LINE

Contains the request method, URL, and HTTP version.

REQUEST_METHOD

Contains the request method.

REQUEST_PROTOCOL

Contains the request's HTTP version.

REQUEST_URI

Contains the request URL starting directly after the hostname.

REQUEST_URI_RAW

Contains the raw request URL.

SESSION

Contains session information.

STREAM_INPUT_BODY

Contains the raw request body.

TX

Contains transaction information and transaction anomaly score.

URLENCODED_ERROR

Indicates that invalid URL encoding was detected.

USERAGENT_IP

Indicates the IP address from which the request originated.

WEBSERVER_ERROR_LOG

Contains zero or more error messages.