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require 'brakeman/checks/base_check'

#At the moment, this looks for
#
#  skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token, :except => [...]
#
#which is essentially a blacklist approach (no actions are checked EXCEPT the
#ones listed) versus a whitelist approach (ONLY the actions listed will skip
#the check)
class Brakeman::CheckSkipBeforeFilter < Brakeman::BaseCheck
  Brakeman::Checks.add self

  @description = "Warn when skipping CSRF check by default"

  def run_check
    tracker.controllers.each do |name, controller|
      if filter_skips = (controller[:options][:skip_before_filter] or controller[:options][:skip_filter])
        filter_skips.each do |filter|
          process_skip_filter filter, controller
        end
      end
    end
  end

  def process_skip_filter filter, controller
    if skip_verify_except? filter
      warn :class => controller[:name],
        :warning_type => "Cross-Site Request Forgery",
        :message => "Use whitelist (:only => [..]) when skipping CSRF check",
        :code => filter,
        :confidence => CONFIDENCE[:med]
    end
  end

  def skip_verify_except? filter
    return false unless call? filter

    args = filter[3]

    if symbol? args[1] and args[1][1] == :verify_authenticity_token and hash? args.last
      if hash_access(args.last, :except)
        return true
      end
    end

    false
  end
end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
brakeman-1.7.1	lib/brakeman/checks/check_skip_before_filter.rb
brakeman-1.7.0	lib/brakeman/checks/check_skip_before_filter.rb
brakeman-1.6.2	lib/brakeman/checks/check_skip_before_filter.rb
brakeman-1.6.1	lib/brakeman/checks/check_skip_before_filter.rb