diff --git a/doc/userguide/rules/transforms.rst b/doc/userguide/rules/transforms.rst
index 4b8eb1465a..20125c3804 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/rules/transforms.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/rules/transforms.rst
@@ -120,3 +120,9 @@ Example::
alert http any any -> any any (msg:"HTTP with pcrexform"; http.request_line; \
pcrexform:"[a-zA-Z]+\s+(.*)\s+HTTP"; content:"/dropper.php"; sid:1;)
+
+url_decode
+----------
+
+Decodes url-encoded data, ie replacing '+' with space and '%HH' with its value.
+This does not decode unicode '%uZZZZ' encoding
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b3868b4854..1300f958a5 100755
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ detect-transform-sha1.c detect-transform-sha1.h \
detect-transform-sha256.c detect-transform-sha256.h \
detect-transform-dotprefix.c detect-transform-dotprefix.h \
detect-transform-pcrexform.c detect-transform-pcrexform.h \
+detect-transform-urldecode.c detect-transform-urldecode.h \
detect-ttl.c detect-ttl.h \
detect-uricontent.c detect-uricontent.h \
detect-urilen.c detect-urilen.h \
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.c b/src/detect-engine-register.c
index 3773b3534d..a4cc88bcc9 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
#include "detect-transform-sha256.h"
#include "detect-transform-dotprefix.h"
#include "detect-transform-pcrexform.h"
+#include "detect-transform-urldecode.h"
#include "util-rule-vars.h"
@@ -597,6 +598,7 @@ void SigTableSetup(void)
DetectTransformSha256Register();
DetectTransformDotPrefixRegister();
DetectTransformPcrexformRegister();
+ DetectTransformUrlDecodeRegister();
/* close keyword registration */
DetectBufferTypeCloseRegistration();
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.h b/src/detect-engine-register.h
index bfa31fa805..153ce24a12 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.h
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ enum DetectKeywordId {
DETECT_TRANSFORM_SHA256,
DETECT_TRANSFORM_DOTPREFIX,
DETECT_TRANSFORM_PCREXFORM,
+ DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE,
/* make sure this stays last */
DETECT_TBLSIZE,
diff --git a/src/detect-transform-urldecode.c b/src/detect-transform-urldecode.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50781c8f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detect-transform-urldecode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2020 Open Information Security Foundation
+ *
+ * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author Philippe Antoine
+ *
+ * Implements the url_decode transform keyword
+ */
+
+#include "suricata-common.h"
+
+#include "detect.h"
+#include "detect-engine.h"
+#include "detect-engine-prefilter.h"
+#include "detect-parse.h"
+#include "detect-transform-urldecode.h"
+
+#include "util-unittest.h"
+#include "util-print.h"
+
+static int DetectTransformUrlDecodeSetup (DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, const char *);
+#ifdef UNITTESTS
+static void DetectTransformUrlDecodeRegisterTests(void);
+#endif
+
+static void TransformUrlDecode(InspectionBuffer *buffer, void *options);
+
+void DetectTransformUrlDecodeRegister(void)
+{
+ sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE].name = "url_decode";
+ sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE].desc =
+ "modify buffer to decode urlencoded data before inspection";
+ sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE].url = "/rules/transforms.html#url-decode";
+ sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE].Transform =
+ TransformUrlDecode;
+ sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE].Setup =
+ DetectTransformUrlDecodeSetup;
+#ifdef UNITTESTS
+ sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE].RegisterTests =
+ DetectTransformUrlDecodeRegisterTests;
+#endif
+
+ sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE].flags |= SIGMATCH_NOOPT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \internal
+ * \brief Apply the transform keyword to the last pattern match
+ * \param det_ctx detection engine ctx
+ * \param s signature
+ * \param nullstr should be null
+ * \retval 0 ok
+ * \retval -1 failure
+ */
+static int DetectTransformUrlDecodeSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const char *nullstr)
+{
+ SCEnter();
+ int r = DetectSignatureAddTransform(s, DETECT_TRANSFORM_URL_DECODE, NULL);
+ SCReturnInt(r);
+}
+
+// util function so as to ease reuse sometimes
+static bool BufferUrlDecode(const uint8_t *input, const uint32_t input_len, uint8_t *output, uint32_t *output_size)
+{
+ bool changed = false;
+ uint8_t *oi = output;
+ //PrintRawDataFp(stdout, input, input_len);
+ for (uint32_t i = 0; i < input_len; i++) {
+ if (input[i] == '%') {
+ if (i + 2 < input_len) {
+ if ((isxdigit(input[i+1])) && (isxdigit(input[i+2]))) {
+ // Decode %HH encoding.
+ *oi = (input[i+1] >= 'A' ? ((input[i+1] & 0xdf) - 'A') + 10 : (input[i+1] - '0')) << 4;
+ *oi |= (input[i+2] >= 'A' ? ((input[i+2] & 0xdf) - 'A') + 10 : (input[i+2] - '0'));
+ oi++;
+ // one more increment before looping
+ i += 2;
+ changed = true;
+ } else {
+ // leaves incorrect percent
+ // does not handle unicode %u encoding
+ *oi++ = input[i];
+ }
+ } else {
+ // leaves trailing incomplete percent
+ *oi++ = input[i];
+ }
+ } else if (input[i] == '+') {
+ *oi++ = ' ';
+ changed = true;
+ } else {
+ *oi++ = input[i];
+ }
+ }
+ *output_size = oi - output;
+ return changed;
+}
+
+static void TransformUrlDecode(InspectionBuffer *buffer, void *options)
+{
+ uint32_t output_size;
+ bool changed;
+
+ const uint8_t *input = buffer->inspect;
+ const uint32_t input_len = buffer->inspect_len;
+ uint8_t output[input_len]; // we can only shrink
+
+ changed = BufferUrlDecode(input, input_len, output, &output_size);
+
+ if (changed) {
+ InspectionBufferCopy(buffer, output, output_size);
+ }
+}
+
+#ifdef UNITTESTS
+static int DetectTransformUrlDecodeTest01(void)
+{
+ const uint8_t *input = (const uint8_t *)"Suricata%20is+%27%61wesome%21%27%25%30%30%ZZ%4";
+ uint32_t input_len = strlen((char *)input);
+
+ InspectionBuffer buffer;
+ InspectionBufferInit(&buffer, 8);
+ InspectionBufferSetup(&buffer, input, input_len);
+ PrintRawDataFp(stdout, buffer.inspect, buffer.inspect_len);
+ TransformUrlDecode(&buffer, NULL);
+ PrintRawDataFp(stdout, buffer.inspect, buffer.inspect_len);
+ FAIL_IF (buffer.inspect_len != strlen("Suricata is 'awesome!'%00%ZZ%4"));
+ FAIL_IF (memcmp(buffer.inspect, "Suricata is 'awesome!'%00%ZZ%4", buffer.inspect_len) != 0);
+ InspectionBufferFree(&buffer);
+ PASS;
+}
+
+static int DetectTransformUrlDecodeTest02(void)
+{
+ const char rule[] = "alert http any any -> any any (http.request_body; url_decode; content:\"mail=test@oisf.net\"; sid:1;)";
+ ThreadVars th_v;
+ DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx = NULL;
+ memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(th_v));
+
+ DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
+ FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx);
+ Signature *s = DetectEngineAppendSig(de_ctx, rule);
+ FAIL_IF_NULL(s);
+ SigGroupBuild(de_ctx);
+ DetectEngineThreadCtxInit(&th_v, (void *)de_ctx, (void *)&det_ctx);
+ DetectEngineThreadCtxDeinit(&th_v, (void *)det_ctx);
+ DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
+ PASS;
+}
+
+static void DetectTransformUrlDecodeRegisterTests(void)
+{
+ UtRegisterTest("DetectTransformUrlDecodeTest01",
+ DetectTransformUrlDecodeTest01);
+ UtRegisterTest("DetectTransformUrlDecodeTest02",
+ DetectTransformUrlDecodeTest02);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/detect-transform-urldecode.h b/src/detect-transform-urldecode.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79f886f94d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detect-transform-urldecode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2020 Open Information Security Foundation
+ *
+ * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author Philippe Antoine
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DETECT_TRANSFORM_URLDECODE_H__
+#define __DETECT_TRANSFORM_URLDECODE_H__
+
+/* prototypes */
+void DetectTransformUrlDecodeRegister (void);
+
+#endif /* __DETECT_TRANSFORM_URLDECODE_H__ */