Disable / Enable CMS-specific WAF Rules

How do we disable/enable CMS-specific WAF Rules? 

Environment

• Imunify360

Solution

 1. We can do this via UI as follows (To disable)

Go to Imunify360  Dashboard ->  General tab -> WAF Settings section -> disable Apply CMS-specific WAF Rules

  If it is in disabled status, click the check box to enable it. 

2. We can also do this via CLI using the below command. 

To disable : 

 imunify360-agent config update '{"MOD_SEC": {"app_specific_ruleset": false}}'

To enable: 

imunify360-agent config update '{"MOD_SEC": {"app_specific_ruleset": true}}'

Useful links

https://blog.imunify360.com/waf-rules-auto-configurator

https://docs.imunify360.com/dashboard/#cms-specific-waf-rules