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pravinmeshram

Nimbostratus

Dec 09, 2022

Is F5 WAF support JSON syntax in their SQL injection inspection process.

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Amine_Kadimi
Dec 09, 2022
Json is just a way to represent data using a specific string formatting standard. In short any json is a string.

In the other hand, F5 checks string inputs against signature matches, so sql injection can be detected in any string input.

Putting this together, F5 waf can detect malicious data in json inputs.

If this is not what you are asking for, could you provide further details?

Amine_Kadimi

MVP

The original question was general, so was the answer.

Attackers or researchers crafting specific attack patterns that could bypass the WAF is something not uncommon. This is why signatures updates are there for. And this is not specific to json inputs.