# WAF vendors: its php2shell risk register

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The fractal risk register for WAF vendors: 2 risks assigned to it or arriving through its parts, the part it plays in each and who it shares them with.

[Stakeholders](../index.html) / [Everyone with PHP in the path](../../../grc/stakeholders/world/index.html) / [Edge, WAF and detection vendors](../../../grc/stakeholders/edge/index.html) / WAF vendors

# WAF vendors: its risk register

Rules live hours before disclosure, each vendor saying in its own words that a rule is not a patch.

**Kind** group · **Assigned here** 2 · **In its register** 2 · in the story as [Cloudflare](../../../actors/index.html#cloudflare), [Akamai](../../../actors/index.html#akamai), [Fastly](../../../actors/index.html#fastly), [Imperva Threat Research](../../../actors/index.html#imperva)

## The register

Assigned here, or arriving through a part of this stakeholder. The part played is the one recorded for whoever holds the assignment.

| Risk | Rating | Kind | Part played | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [R03-2 Mass scanning and mutated payloads after the leak](../../../grc/risks/r03-2/index.html) | **20** critical | Security | **treater** | [MITRE ATT&CK T1595.002](../../../grc/frameworks/attack/index.html#c-t1595-002), [NIST CSF 2.0 DE.CM-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-de-cm-01), [CIS Controls 13.10](../../../grc/frameworks/cis/index.html#c-13-10) |
| [R05 A web application firewall taken for a patch](../../../grc/risks/r05/index.html) | **16** high | Security | **informer** | [PCI DSS 6.4.2](../../../grc/frameworks/pcidss/index.html#c-6-4-2), [CIS Controls 13.10](../../../grc/frameworks/cis/index.html#c-13-10), [NIST SP 800-53 SC-7](../../../grc/frameworks/nist80053/index.html#c-sc-7), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.8.20](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-8-20) +1 |

## Where its risks sit

| Likelihood / impact | 1 Minor | 2 Moderate | 3 Significant | 4 Major | 5 Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Happening | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 [R03-2](../../../grc/risks/r03-2/index.html) | 25 |
| 4 Likely | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 [R05](../../../grc/risks/r05/index.html) | 20 |
| 3 Possible | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 Unlikely | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 Rare | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

## Who it shares risks with

[Organisations running PHP](../../../grc/stakeholders/operators/index.html) (1), [Security lead and AppSec](../../../grc/stakeholders/security-lead/index.html) (1), [Online shops and payments](../../../grc/stakeholders/commerce/index.html) (1)

## The standards its register touches

[MITRE ATT&CK](../../frameworks/attack/index.html) (1), [NIST CSF 2.0](../../frameworks/nistcsf/index.html) (1), [CIS Controls](../../frameworks/cis/index.html) (1), [PCI DSS](../../frameworks/pcidss/index.html) (1), [NIST SP 800-53](../../frameworks/nist80053/index.html) (1), [ISO/IEC 27001](../../frameworks/iso27001/index.html) (1), [Cyber Essentials](../../frameworks/cyberessentials/index.html) (1)


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