Security - Possible stored XSS in watch list - Only permit HTTP/HTTP/FTP by default - override with env var `SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX` (#1359)

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
 app.jinja_env.add_extension('jinja2.ext.loopcontrols')
 csrf = CSRFProtect()
 csrf.init_app(app)
-
 notification_debug_log=[]
 
 watch_api = Api(app, decorators=[csrf.exempt])
@@ -586,6 +585,7 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
 
 
         if request.method == 'POST' and form.validate():
+
             extra_update_obj = {}
 
             if request.args.get('unpause_on_save'):
@@ -1133,7 +1133,8 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
         form = forms.quickWatchForm(request.form)
 
         if not form.validate():
-            flash("Error")
+            for widget, l in form.errors.items():
+                flash(','.join(l), 'error')
             return redirect(url_for('index'))
 
         url = request.form.get('url').strip()
@@ -1144,15 +1145,14 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
         add_paused = request.form.get('edit_and_watch_submit_button') != None
         new_uuid = datastore.add_watch(url=url, tag=request.form.get('tag').strip(), extras={'paused': add_paused})
 
-
+        if new_uuid:
-        if not add_paused and new_uuid:
+            if add_paused:
-            # Straight into the queue.
+                flash('Watch added in Paused state, saving will unpause.')
-            update_q.put(queuedWatchMetaData.PrioritizedItem(priority=1, item={'uuid': new_uuid}))
+                return redirect(url_for('edit_page', uuid=new_uuid, unpause_on_save=1))
-            flash("Watch added.")
+            else:
-
+                # Straight into the queue.
-        if add_paused:
+                update_q.put(queuedWatchMetaData.PrioritizedItem(priority=1, item={'uuid': new_uuid}))
-            flash('Watch added in Paused state, saving will unpause.')
+                flash("Watch added.")
-            return redirect(url_for('edit_page', uuid=new_uuid, unpause_on_save=1))
 
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
 
@@ -1184,8 +1184,9 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
             uuid = list(datastore.data['watching'].keys()).pop()
 
         new_uuid = datastore.clone(uuid)
-        update_q.put(queuedWatchMetaData.PrioritizedItem(priority=5, item={'uuid': new_uuid, 'skip_when_checksum_same': True}))
+        if new_uuid:
-        flash('Cloned.')
+            update_q.put(queuedWatchMetaData.PrioritizedItem(priority=5, item={'uuid': new_uuid, 'skip_when_checksum_same': True}))
+            flash('Cloned.')
 
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
 

changedetectionio/api/api_v1.py

@@ -202,8 +202,11 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
         del extras['url']
 
         new_uuid = self.datastore.add_watch(url=url, extras=extras)
-        self.update_q.put(queuedWatchMetaData.PrioritizedItem(priority=1, item={'uuid': new_uuid, 'skip_when_checksum_same': True}))
+        if new_uuid:
-        return {'uuid': new_uuid}, 201
+            self.update_q.put(queuedWatchMetaData.PrioritizedItem(priority=1, item={'uuid': new_uuid, 'skip_when_checksum_same': True}))
+            return {'uuid': new_uuid}, 201
+        else:
+            return "Invalid or unsupported URL", 400
 
     @auth.check_token
     def get(self):

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -232,12 +232,17 @@ class validateURL(object):
 
     def __call__(self, form, field):
         import validators
+
         try:
             validators.url(field.data.strip())
         except validators.ValidationFailure:
             message = field.gettext('\'%s\' is not a valid URL.' % (field.data.strip()))
             raise ValidationError(message)
 
+        from .model.Watch import is_safe_url
+        if not is_safe_url(field.data):
+            raise ValidationError('Watch protocol is not permitted by SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX')
+
 
 class ValidateListRegex(object):
     """

changedetectionio/model/Watch.py

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 from distutils.util import strtobool
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import time
 import uuid
 
+# Allowable protocols, protects against javascript: etc
+# file:// is further checked by ALLOW_FILE_URI
+SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX='^(http|https|ftp|file):'
+
 minimum_seconds_recheck_time = int(os.getenv('MINIMUM_SECONDS_RECHECK_TIME', 60))
 mtable = {'seconds': 1, 'minutes': 60, 'hours': 3600, 'days': 86400, 'weeks': 86400 * 7}
 
@@ -55,6 +60,22 @@ base_config = {
     'webdriver_js_execute_code': None,  # Run before change-detection
 }
 
+
+def is_safe_url(test_url):
+    # See https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/1358
+
+    # Remove 'source:' prefix so we dont get 'source:javascript:' etc
+    # 'source:' is a valid way to tell us to return the source
+
+    r = re.compile(re.escape('source:'), re.IGNORECASE)
+    test_url = r.sub('', test_url)
+
+    pattern = re.compile(os.getenv('SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX', SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX), re.IGNORECASE)
+    if not pattern.match(test_url.strip()):
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
 class model(dict):
     __newest_history_key = None
     __history_n = 0
@@ -93,7 +114,11 @@ class model(dict):
 
     @property
     def link(self):
+
         url = self.get('url', '')
+        if not is_safe_url(url):
+            return 'DISABLED'
+
         ready_url = url
         if '{%' in url or '{{' in url:
             from jinja2 import Environment

changedetectionio/store.py

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 from flask import (
     flash
 )
-import json
+
-import logging
+from . model import App, Watch
-import os
-import threading
-import time
-import uuid as uuid_builder
 from copy import deepcopy
 from os import path, unlink
 from threading import Lock
+import json
+import logging
+import os
 import re
 import requests
 import secrets
-
+import threading
-from . model import App, Watch
+import time
+import uuid as uuid_builder
 
 # Is there an existing library to ensure some data store (JSON etc) is in sync with CRUD methods?
 # Open a github issue if you know something :)
@@ -309,9 +309,12 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                 logging.error("Error fetching metadata for shared watch link", url, str(e))
                 flash("Error fetching metadata for {}".format(url), 'error')
                 return False
+        from .model.Watch import is_safe_url
+        if not is_safe_url(url):
+            flash('Watch protocol is not permitted by SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX', 'error')
+            return None
 
         with self.lock:
-
             # #Re 569
             new_watch = Watch.model(datastore_path=self.datastore_path, default={
                 'url': url,

changedetectionio/tests/test_security.py

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ from flask import url_for
 from . util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup
 import time
 
-def test_setup(live_server):
-    live_server_setup(live_server)
-
-def test_file_access(client, live_server):
 
+def test_bad_access(client, live_server):
+    live_server_setup(live_server)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("import_page"),
         data={"urls": 'https://localhost'},
@@ -19,18 +17,49 @@ def test_file_access(client, live_server):
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={
-              "url": 'file:///etc/passwd',
+              "url": 'javascript:alert(document.domain)',
               "tag": "",
               "method": "GET",
               "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
               "body": ""},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
-    time.sleep(3)
 
-    res = client.get(
+    assert b'Watch protocol is not permitted by SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX' in res.data
-        url_for("index", uuid="first"),
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("form_quick_watch_add"),
+        data={"url": '            javascript:alert(123)', "tag": ''},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b'Watch protocol is not permitted by SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX' in res.data
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("form_quick_watch_add"),
+        data={"url": '%20%20%20javascript:alert(123)%20%20', "tag": ''},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b'Watch protocol is not permitted by SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX' in res.data
+
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("form_quick_watch_add"),
+        data={"url": ' source:javascript:alert(document.domain)', "tag": ''},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b'Watch protocol is not permitted by SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX' in res.data
+
+    # file:// is permitted by default, but it will be caught by ALLOW_FILE_URI
+
+    client.post(
+        url_for("form_quick_watch_add"),
+        data={"url": 'file:///tasty/disk/drive', "tag": ''},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
+    time.sleep(1)
+    res = client.get(url_for("index"))
 
-    assert b'denied for security reasons' in res.data
+    assert b'file:// type access is denied for security reasons.' in res.data