package csrf
import (
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/subtle"
"encoding/base64"
"fmt"
"html/template"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"github.com/gorilla/context"
)
// Token returns a masked CSRF token ready for passing into HTML template or
// a JSON response body. An empty token will be returned if the middleware
// has not been applied (which will fail subsequent validation).
func Token(r *http.Request) string {
if val, err := contextGet(r, tokenKey); err == nil {
if maskedToken, ok := val.(string); ok {
return maskedToken
}
}
return ""
}
// FailureReason makes CSRF validation errors available in the request context.
// This is useful when you want to log the cause of the error or report it to
// client.
func FailureReason(r *http.Request) error {
if val, err := contextGet(r, errorKey); err == nil {
if err, ok := val.(error); ok {
return err
}
}
return nil
}
// UnsafeSkipCheck will skip the CSRF check for any requests. This must be
// called before the CSRF middleware.
//
// Note: You should not set this without otherwise securing the request from
// CSRF attacks. The primary use-case for this function is to turn off CSRF
// checks for non-browser clients using authorization tokens against your API.
func UnsafeSkipCheck(r *http.Request) *http.Request {
return contextSave(r, skipCheckKey, true)
}
// TemplateField is a template helper for html/template that provides an field
// populated with a CSRF token.
//
// Example:
//
// // The following tag in our form.tmpl template:
// {{ .csrfField }}
//
// // ... becomes:
//
//
func TemplateField(r *http.Request) template.HTML {
if name, err := contextGet(r, formKey); err == nil {
fragment := fmt.Sprintf(``,
name, Token(r))
return template.HTML(fragment)
}
return template.HTML("")
}
// mask returns a unique-per-request token to mitigate the BREACH attack
// as per http://breachattack.com/#mitigations
//
// The token is generated by XOR'ing a one-time-pad and the base (session) CSRF
// token and returning them together as a 64-byte slice. This effectively
// randomises the token on a per-request basis without breaking multiple browser
// tabs/windows.
func mask(realToken []byte, r *http.Request) string {
otp, err := generateRandomBytes(tokenLength)
if err != nil {
return ""
}
// XOR the OTP with the real token to generate a masked token. Append the
// OTP to the front of the masked token to allow unmasking in the subsequent
// request.
return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(append(otp, xorToken(otp, realToken)...))
}
// unmask splits the issued token (one-time-pad + masked token) and returns the
// unmasked request token for comparison.
func unmask(issued []byte) []byte {
// Issued tokens are always masked and combined with the pad.
if len(issued) != tokenLength*2 {
return nil
}
// We now know the length of the byte slice.
otp := issued[tokenLength:]
masked := issued[:tokenLength]
// Unmask the token by XOR'ing it against the OTP used to mask it.
return xorToken(otp, masked)
}
// requestToken returns the issued token (pad + masked token) from the HTTP POST
// body or HTTP header. It will return nil if the token fails to decode.
func (cs *csrf) requestToken(r *http.Request) []byte {
// 1. Check the HTTP header first.
issued := r.Header.Get(cs.opts.RequestHeader)
// 2. Fall back to the POST (form) value.
if issued == "" {
issued = r.PostFormValue(cs.opts.FieldName)
}
// 3. Finally, fall back to the multipart form (if set).
if issued == "" && r.MultipartForm != nil {
vals := r.MultipartForm.Value[cs.opts.FieldName]
if len(vals) > 0 {
issued = vals[0]
}
}
// Decode the "issued" (pad + masked) token sent in the request. Return a
// nil byte slice on a decoding error (this will fail upstream).
decoded, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(issued)
if err != nil {
return nil
}
return decoded
}
// generateRandomBytes returns securely generated random bytes.
// It will return an error if the system's secure random number generator
// fails to function correctly.
func generateRandomBytes(n int) ([]byte, error) {
b := make([]byte, n)
_, err := rand.Read(b)
// err == nil only if len(b) == n
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return b, nil
}
// sameOrigin returns true if URLs a and b share the same origin. The same
// origin is defined as host (which includes the port) and scheme.
func sameOrigin(a, b *url.URL) bool {
return (a.Scheme == b.Scheme && a.Host == b.Host)
}
// compare securely (constant-time) compares the unmasked token from the request
// against the real token from the session.
func compareTokens(a, b []byte) bool {
// This is required as subtle.ConstantTimeCompare does not check for equal
// lengths in Go versions prior to 1.3.
if len(a) != len(b) {
return false
}
return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(a, b) == 1
}
// xorToken XORs tokens ([]byte) to provide unique-per-request CSRF tokens. It
// will return a masked token if the base token is XOR'ed with a one-time-pad.
// An unmasked token will be returned if a masked token is XOR'ed with the
// one-time-pad used to mask it.
func xorToken(a, b []byte) []byte {
n := len(a)
if len(b) < n {
n = len(b)
}
res := make([]byte, n)
for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
res[i] = a[i] ^ b[i]
}
return res
}
// contains is a helper function to check if a string exists in a slice - e.g.
// whether a HTTP method exists in a list of safe methods.
func contains(vals []string, s string) bool {
for _, v := range vals {
if v == s {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// envError stores a CSRF error in the request context.
func envError(r *http.Request, err error) {
context.Set(r, errorKey, err)
}