View source for WAF 300282

{{Infobox
|header1= Rule 300282
|label2 = Status
|data2 = Active
|label3 = Alert Message
|data3 = Atomicorp.com WAF AntiSpam Rules: Possible Spam: Broken URL posting type - possible spam
}}

= Description =

This rules detects when a post is made using broken forum, CMS or other user generated URL formats.  For example this format:

<pre>[url=http://www.example.com]some link[/url]</pre>

Is commonly used by many forum and CMS tools.  Some spam tools will attempt to post spam urls to a site, but will post broken urls, for example not closing the url, or injecting multiple url= url= variables in a row.


= Troubleshooting =

== False Positives ==

None.

== Tuning Guidance ==

See the [[Mod_security]] page for guidance on tuning this rule.

= Additional Information =

== Similar Rules ==

None.

== Knowledge Base Articles== 

None.

== Outside References == 

None.

== Notes == 

None.