Collect Wordpress CMS logs

Supported in:

Google secops SIEM

Note: This feature is covered by Pre-GA Offerings Terms of the Google Security Operations Service Specific Terms. Pre-GA features might have limited support, and changes to pre-GA features might not be compatible with other pre-GA versions. For more information, see the Google SecOps Technical Support Service guidelines and the Google SecOps Service Specific Terms.

Overview

This parser extracts WordPress CMS logs from JSON or plain text formatted messages. It handles both JSON and non-JSON formatted logs, parsing relevant fields and mapping them to the UDM, including user details, network information, resource attributes, and security result details. The parser also performs several data transformations, such as converting data types, merging fields, and handling specific log patterns for Kubernetes and other resources.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Google SecOps instance.
• Privileged access to a WordPress website.
• Plugin that enables webhook functionality (for example, WP Webhooks).

Note: This guide uses WP Webhooks as an example. Other plugins may have slightly different interfaces.

Set up feeds

To configure a feed, follow these steps:

1. Go to SIEM Settings > Feeds.
2. Click Add New Feed.
3. On the next page, click Configure a single feed.
4. In the Feed name field, enter a name for the feed; for example, Wordpress CMS Logs.
5. Select Webhook as the Source type.
6. Select Wordpress as the Log type.
7. Click Next.
8. Optional: specify values for the following input parameters:
   • Split delimiter: the delimiter that is used to separate log lines, such as \n.
9. Click Next.
10. Review the feed configuration in the Finalize screen, and then click Submit.
11. Click Generate Secret Key to generate a secret key to authenticate this feed.
12. Copy and store the secret key. You cannot view this secret key again. If needed, you can regenerate a new secret key, but this action makes the previous secret key obsolete.
13. On the Details tab, copy the feed endpoint URL from the Endpoint Information field. You need to specify this endpoint URL in your client application.
14. Click Done.

Create an API key for the webhook feed

1. Go to Google Cloud console > Credentials.

   Go to Credentials

2. Click Create credentials, and then select API key.

3. Restrict the API key access to the Google Security Operations API.

Specify the endpoint URL

1. In your client application, specify the HTTPS endpoint URL provided in the webhook feed.

2. Enable authentication by specifying the API key and secret key as part of the custom header in the following format:

   X-goog-api-key = API_KEY
   X-Webhook-Access-Key = SECRET
   

   Recommendation: Specify the API key as a header instead of specifying it in the URL. If your webhook client doesn't support custom headers, you can specify the API key and secret key using query parameters in the following format:

   ENDPOINT_URL?key=API_KEY&secret=SECRET
   

Replace the following:

• ENDPOINT_URL: the feed endpoint URL.
• API_KEY: the API key to authenticate to Google Security Operations.
• SECRET: the secret key that you generated to authenticate the feed.

Configure Wordpress Webhook

1. Install and activate the WP Webhooks plugin (or your chosen webhook plugin) through the WordPress plugin directory.
2. Go to the WP Webhooks submenu in the WordPress administrator menu, typically located under settings.
3. Click Send Data in the top bar menu.
4. Select the WordPress action that will trigger the webhook. Common examples include publish_post (when a new post is published), user_register (when a new user registers), or comment_post (when a new comment is posted). This depends on the data you select and send to Google SecOps.
5. Click Add Webhook URL.
6. Configure the Webhook:
   • Name: Give your webhook a descriptive name (for example, Google SecOps Feed).
   • Webhook URL: Paste your Google SecOps endpoint URL.
7. Click Save Webhook.

UDM Mapping Table

Log Field	UDM Mapping	Logic
ClientIP	principal.ip	The client's IP address is extracted from the ClientIP field in the raw log.
Code	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Code" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
Code	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of the Code field from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
CurrentUserID	target.user.userid	The CurrentUserID from the raw log is converted to a string and mapped to the target.user.userid field.
EditUserLink	target.url	The EditUserLink from the raw log is mapped to the target.url field.
EventType	metadata.product_event_type	The EventType from the raw log is mapped to the metadata.product_event_type field.
FirstName	target.user.first_name	The FirstName from the raw log is mapped to the target.user.first_name field.
insertId	metadata.product_log_id	The insertId from the raw log is mapped to the metadata.product_log_id field.
labels.compute.googleapis.com/resource_name	additional.fields.key	The value "Resource Name" is assigned as a key in the additional.fields object.
labels.compute.googleapis.com/resource_name	additional.fields.value.string_value	The value of labels.compute.googleapis.com/resource_name from the raw log is assigned as a string value in the additional.fields object.
labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/instance	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Kubernetes IO Instance" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/instance	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/instance from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/managed-by	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Kubernetes IO Instance Manager" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/managed-by	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/managed-by from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/name	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Kubernetes IO Instance Name" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/name	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/name from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/controller-revision-hash	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Controller Revision Hash" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/controller-revision-hash	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/controller-revision-hash from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/helm_sh/chart	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Kubernetes IO Instance Manager SH" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/helm_sh/chart	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/helm_sh/chart from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/k8s-app	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Application" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/k8s-app	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/k8s-app from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/pod-template-generation	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Pod Template Generation" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/pod-template-generation	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/pod-template-generation from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/pod-template-hash	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Pod Template Hash" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
labels.k8s-pod/pod-template-hash	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of labels.k8s-pod/pod-template-hash from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
LastName	target.user.last_name	The LastName from the raw log is mapped to the target.user.last_name field.
logName	target.resource.attribute.labels.key	The value "Log Name" is assigned as a key in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
logName	target.resource.attribute.labels.value	The value of the logName field from the raw log is assigned as a value in the target.resource.attribute.labels object.
receiveTimestamp	metadata.event_timestamp	The receiveTimestamp from the raw log is parsed and mapped to the metadata.event_timestamp field.
resource.labels.cluster_name	additional.fields.key	The value "Cluster Name" is assigned as a key in the additional.fields object.
resource.labels.cluster_name	additional.fields.value.string_value	The value of resource.labels.cluster_name from the raw log is assigned as a string value in the additional.fields object.
resource.labels.cluster_name	target.resource.resource_type	If resource.labels.cluster_name is present, the value "CLUSTER" is assigned to target.resource.resource_type.
resource.labels.container_name	metadata.product_event_type	If resource.type is "k8s_container", the value of resource.labels.container_name along with resource.labels.namespace_name is used to construct the metadata.product_event_type.
resource.labels.container_name	target.resource.name	The value of resource.labels.container_name from the raw log is assigned to the target.resource.name field.
resource.labels.location	target.location.country_or_region	The value of resource.labels.location from the raw log is assigned to the target.location.country_or_region field.
resource.labels.namespace_name	additional.fields.key	The value "Namespace Name" is assigned as a key in the additional.fields object.
resource.labels.namespace_name	additional.fields.value.string_value	The value of resource.labels.namespace_name from the raw log is assigned as a string value in the additional.fields object.
resource.labels.namespace_name	metadata.product_event_type	If resource.type is "k8s_container", the value of resource.labels.namespace_name along with resource.labels.container_name is used to construct the metadata.product_event_type.
resource.labels.node_name	metadata.product_event_type	If resource.type is "k8s_node", the value of resource.labels.node_name is used to construct the metadata.product_event_type.
resource.labels.pod_name	additional.fields.key	The value "Pod Name" is assigned as a key in the additional.fields object.
resource.labels.pod_name	additional.fields.value.string_value	The value of resource.labels.pod_name from the raw log is assigned as a string value in the additional.fields object.
resource.labels.project_id	additional.fields.key	The value "Project Id" is assigned as a key in the additional.fields object.
resource.labels.project_id	additional.fields.value.string_value	The value of resource.labels.project_id from the raw log is assigned as a string value in the additional.fields object.
resource.type	target.resource.resource_subtype	The value of resource.type from the raw log is assigned to the target.resource.resource_subtype field.
Roles	target.user.user_role	The Roles field from the raw log is converted to uppercase and mapped to the target.user.user_role field.
SessionID	network.session_id	The SessionID from the raw log is mapped to the network.session_id field.
sev	security_result.severity	The value of the sev field determines the value of security_result.severity. "INFO" or "NOTICE" maps to "INFORMATIONAL", "WARN" maps to "MEDIUM", and "ERR" maps to "ERROR".
TargetUsername	target.user.user_display_name	The TargetUsername from the raw log is mapped to the target.user.user_display_name field.
textPayload	metadata.description	If resource.type is "k8s_node", the value of textPayload is mapped to the metadata.description field.
textPayload	network.application_protocol	The protocol (for example, HTTP) is extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns.
textPayload	network.http.method	The HTTP method (for example, GET, POST) is extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns.
textPayload	network.http.referral_url	The URL is extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns.
textPayload	network.http.response_code	The HTTP response code is extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns and converted to an integer.
textPayload	network.received_bytes	The received bytes are extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns and converted to an unsigned integer.
textPayload	principal.ip	The source IP address is extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns.
textPayload	security_result.description	The description is extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns.
textPayload	target.file.full_path	The path is extracted from the textPayload field using grok patterns.
UserAgent	network.http.user_agent	The UserAgent from the raw log is mapped to the network.http.user_agent field. The value "USER_RESOURCE_ACCESS" is assigned to metadata.event_type.

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