fix: reject requests when cors origin list is empty (#3674)

packages/ipfs-grpc-client/src/utils/load-services.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const CONVERSION_OPTS = {
  * @returns {object}
  */
 module.exports = function loadServices () {
+  // @ts-ignore protobuf's generated types are incompatible with it's own types
   const root = protobuf.Root.fromJSON(protocol)
   const output = {}
 

packages/ipfs-grpc-server/src/utils/load-services.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const CONVERSION_OPTS = {
 }
 
 module.exports = function loadServices () {
+  // @ts-ignore protobuf's generated types are incompatible with it's own types
   const root = protobuf.Root.fromJSON(protocol)
   const output = {}
 

packages/ipfs-http-server/src/index.js

@@ -40,6 +40,36 @@ async function serverCreator (serverAddrs, createServer, ipfs, cors) {
   return servers
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} [str]
+ * @param {string[]} [allowedOrigins]
+ */
+function isAllowedOrigin (str, allowedOrigins = []) {
+  if (!str) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  let origin
+
+  try {
+    origin = (new URL(str)).origin
+  } catch {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  for (const allowedOrigin of allowedOrigins) {
+    if (allowedOrigin === '*') {
+      return true
+    }
+
+    if (allowedOrigin === origin) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false
+}
+
 class HttpApi {
   constructor (ipfs, options = {}) {
     this._ipfs = ipfs
@@ -150,11 +180,17 @@ class HttpApi {
 
         const headers = request.headers || {}
         const origin = headers.origin || ''
-        const referrer = headers.referrer || ''
+        const referer = headers.referer || ''
         const userAgent = headers['user-agent'] || ''
 
-        // If these are set, we leave up to CORS and CSRF checks.
-        if (origin || referrer) {
+        // If these are set, check them against the configured list
+        if (origin || referer) {
+          if (!isAllowedOrigin(origin || referer, cors.origin)) {
+            // Hapi will not allow an empty CORS origin list so we have to manually
+            // reject the request if CORS origins have not been configured
+            throw Boom.forbidden()
+          }
+
           return h.continue
         }
 

packages/ipfs-http-server/test/cors.js

@@ -32,9 +32,23 @@ describe('cors', () => {
         }
       }, { ipfs, cors: { origin: [origin] } })
 
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 200)
       expect(res).to.have.nested.property('headers.access-control-allow-origin', origin)
     })
 
+    it('allows request when referer is supplied in request', async () => {
+      const origin = 'http://localhost:8080'
+      const res = await http({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/api/v0/id',
+        headers: {
+          referer: origin + '/index.html'
+        }
+      }, { ipfs, cors: { origin: [origin] } })
+
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 200)
+    })
+
     it('does not allow credentials when omitted in config', async () => {
       const origin = 'http://localhost:8080'
       const res = await http({
@@ -149,5 +163,102 @@ describe('cors', () => {
 
       expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 404)
     })
+
+    it('rejects requests when cors origin list is empty and origin is sent', async () => {
+      const origin = 'http://localhost:8080'
+      const res = await http({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/api/v0/id',
+        headers: {
+          origin
+        }
+      }, {
+        ipfs,
+        cors: { origin: [] }
+      })
+
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 403)
+    })
+
+    it('rejects requests when cors origin list is empty and referer is sent', async () => {
+      const referer = 'http://localhost:8080/index.html'
+      const res = await http({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/api/v0/id',
+        headers: {
+          referer
+        }
+      }, {
+        ipfs,
+        cors: { origin: [] }
+      })
+
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 403)
+    })
+
+    it('rejects requests when cors origin list is empty and referer and origin are sent', async () => {
+      const referer = 'http://localhost:8080/index.html'
+      const res = await http({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/api/v0/id',
+        headers: {
+          referer,
+          origin: 'http://localhost:8080'
+        }
+      }, {
+        ipfs,
+        cors: { origin: [] }
+      })
+
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 403)
+    })
+
+    it('rejects requests when cors origin list is empty and origin is sent as "null" (e.g. data urls and sandboxed iframes)', async () => {
+      const origin = 'null'
+      const res = await http({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/api/v0/id',
+        headers: {
+          origin
+        }
+      }, {
+        ipfs,
+        cors: { origin: [] }
+      })
+
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 403)
+    })
+
+    it('rejects requests when cors origin list does not contain the correct origin and origin is sent', async () => {
+      const origin = 'http://localhost:8080'
+      const res = await http({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/api/v0/id',
+        headers: {
+          origin
+        }
+      }, {
+        ipfs,
+        cors: { origin: ['http://example.com:8080'] }
+      })
+
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 403)
+    })
+
+    it('rejects requests when cors origin list does not contain the correct origin and referer is sent', async () => {
+      const referer = 'http://localhost:8080/index.html'
+      const res = await http({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/api/v0/id',
+        headers: {
+          referer
+        }
+      }, {
+        ipfs,
+        cors: { origin: ['http://example.com:8080'] }
+      })
+
+      expect(res).to.have.property('statusCode', 403)
+    })
   })
 })