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WAF error "ModSecurity: Request body no files data...."

Hello,

Im hosting for myself some things. One of it is PingVin-Share which is behind WAF on XG. I was trying to upload a file abut 10mb... But im getting an error.

So i went to console -> advanced shell logs are below:

[Sun May 14 20:00:11.856339 2023] [security2:error] [pid 28988:tid 140455144576768] [client 31.0.182.76:2339] [client 31.0.182.76] ModSecurity: Request body no files data length is larger than the configured limit (1048576).. Deny with code (413) [hostname "SOME_FQDN"] [uri "/api/shares/gwMzU0N/files"] [unique_id "ZGE9yij5BYAMKO88rwko5wAAAAI"], referer: https://FQDN/upload
[Sun May 14 20:00:10.955261 2023] timestamp="1684094410" srcip="31.0.182.76" localip="SOME_IP" user="-" method="POST" statuscode="413" reason="-" extra="-" exceptions="-" duration="901310" url="/api/shares/gwMzU0N/files" server="SOME_FQDN" referer="">">">https://FQDN/upload"

i was digging on forum and there is some solution but im a little bit confused to apply it, and this isnt even permanently solution... Its been about 3 years, and nothing has change to that problem ;)

I manage to make it work - i just made a path exception which exclude whole protection engines.. For my point for that case WAF is unusable, cuz there is no protection from OWASP etc.

community.sophos.com/.../413-request-entity-too-large



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  • Hello,

    The recommended solution is to tweak sec_request_body_no_files_limit as mentioned above. This value is for a single request, so whether or not a transfer succeeds depends on the way the backend application handles the transfer. It it uses chunked transfers, larger sizes can be transferred successfully as long as the chunk size is under the set limit. If the transfer happens in a single request, then the maximum file size is the one you configure.

    Best regards,

    Attila Kovacs

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