Quick answer
The Cloudflare WAF has body inspection limits that depend on the plan: ~8 KB on Free, 128 KB on Enterprise. Classic bypass: fill the body with padding until you exceed the limit, and the payload that follows passes without inspection. Other vectors: header stuffing (>94-100 headers, OpenResty truncates), IP origin disclosure via Censys/historical DNS, cache poisoning with ignored headers, cache rule mismatch.
1. Body inspection limits
Cloudflare doesn't inspect the whole body. The limit depends on the target's plan:
| Plan | WAF inspection limit | Expandable? |
|---|---|---|
| Free | ~8 KB | No |
| Pro | Low by default | Yes, up to 1 MB via support |
| Business | Low by default | Yes, up to 1 MB via support |
| Enterprise | 128 KB | Yes, up to 1 MB via support |
History (December 2025)
Cloudflare tried to raise the limit to 1 MB for all plans on December 5, 2025 (because of CVE-2025-55182, React RCE). They reverted it because it caused a wave of false positives. They went back to the previous limits. Only paying customers who explicitly request it have 1 MB.
Practical implication: most sites on Cloudflare Free/Pro still have low limits. Same bypass as on AWS WAF.
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