# The OWASP CSRFGuard Project, BSD License # Eric Sheridan (eric@infraredsecurity.com), Copyright (c) 2011 # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # 3. 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So to use this in the configuration, use e.g. %servletContext%/something.html # which will translate to e.g. /someApp/something.html # Logger # # The logger property (org.owasp.csrfguard.Logger) defines the qualified class name of # the object responsible for processing all log messages produced by CSRFGuard. The default # CSRFGuard logger is org.owasp.csrfguard.log.ConsoleLogger. This class logs all messages # to System.out which JavaEE application servers redirect to a vendor specific log file. # Developers can customize the logging behavior of CSRFGuard by implementing the # org.owasp.csrfguard.log.ILogger interface and setting the logger property to the new # logger's qualified class name. The following configuration snippet instructs OWASP CSRFGuard # to capture all log messages to the console: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.Logger=org.owasp.csrfguard.log.ConsoleLogger org.owasp.csrfguard.Logger=org.owasp.csrfguard.log.JavaLogger # Which configuration provider factory you want to use. The default is org.owasp.csrfguard.config.PropertiesConfigurationProviderFactory # Another configuration provider has more features including config overlays: org.owasp.csrfguard.config.overlay.ConfigurationOverlayProviderFactory # The default configuration provider is: org.owasp.csrfguard.config.overlay.ConfigurationAutodetectProviderFactory # which will look for an overlay file, it is there, and the factory inside that file is set it will use it, otherwise will be PropertiesConfigurationProviderFactory # it needs to implement org.owasp.csrfguard.config.ConfigurationProviderFactory org.owasp.csrfguard.configuration.provider.factory = org.owasp.csrfguard.config.overlay.ConfigurationAutodetectProviderFactory # If csrfguard filter is enabled org.owasp.csrfguard.Enabled = true # If csrf guard filter should check even if there is no session for the user # Note: this changed around 2014/04, the default behavior used to be to # not check if there is no session. If you want the legacy behavior (if your app # is not susceptible to CSRF if the user has no session), set this to false org.owasp.csrfguard.ValidateWhenNoSessionExists = true # New Token Landing Page # # The new token landing page property (org.owasp.csrfguard.NewTokenLandingPage) defines where # to send a user if the token is being generated for the first time, and the use new token landing # page boolean property (org.owasp.csrfguard.UseNewTokenLandingPage) determines if any redirect happens. # UseNewTokenLandingPage defaults to false if NewTokenLandingPage is not specified, and to true # if it is specified.. If UseNewTokenLandingPage is set true then this request is generated # using auto-posting forms and will only contain the CSRF prevention token parameter, if # applicable. All query-string or form parameters sent with the original request will be # discarded. If this property is not defined, CSRFGuard will instead auto-post the user to the # original context and servlet path. The following configuration snippet instructs OWASP CSRFGuard to # redirect the user to %servletContext%/index.html when the user visits a protected resource # without having a corresponding CSRF token present in the HttpSession object: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.NewTokenLandingPage=%servletContext%/index.html # Protected Methods # # The protected methods property (org.owasp.csrfguard.ProtectedMethods) defines a comma # separated list of HTTP request methods that should be protected by CSRFGuard. The default # list is an empty list which will cause all HTTP methods to be protected, thus preserving # legacy behavior. This setting allows the user to inform CSRFGuard that only requests of the # given types should be considered for protection. All HTTP methods not in the list will be # considered safe (i.e. view only / unable to modify data). This should be used only when the # user has concrete knowledge that all requests made via methods not in the list # are safe (i.e. do not apply an action to any data) since it can actually introduce new # security vulnerabilities. For example: the user thinks that all actionable requests are # only available by POST requests when in fact some are available via GET requests. If the # user has excluded GET requests from the list then they have introduced a vulnerability. # The following configuration snippet instructs OWASP CSRFGuard to protect only the POST, # PUT, and DELETE HTTP methods. # # org.owasp.csrfguard.ProtectedMethods=POST,PUT,DELETE # or you can configure all to be protected, and specify which is unprotected. This is the preferred approach # org.owasp.csrfguard.UnprotectedMethods=GET # Unique Per-Page Tokens # # The unique token per-page property (org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenPerPage) is a boolean value that # determines if CSRFGuard should make use of unique per-page (i.e. URI) prevention tokens as # opposed to unique per-session prevention tokens. When a user requests a protected resource, # CSRFGuard will determine if a page specific token has been previously generated. If a page # specific token has not yet been previously generated, CSRFGuard will verify the request was # submitted with the per-session token intact. After verifying the presence of the per-session token, # CSRFGuard will create a page specific token that is required for all subsequent requests to the # associated resource. The per-session CSRF token can only be used when requesting a resource for # the first time. All subsequent requests must have the per-page token intact or the request will # be treated as a CSRF attack. This behavior can be changed with the org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenPerPagePrecreate # property. Enabling this property will make CSRFGuard calculate the per page token prior to a first # visit. This option only works with JSTL token injection and is useful for preserving the validity of # links if the user pushes the back button. There may be a performance impact when enabling this option # if the .jsp has a large number of proctected links that need tokens to be calculated. # Use of the unique token per page property is currently experimental # but provides a significant amount of improved security. Consider the exposure of a CSRF token using # the legacy unique per-session model. Exposure of this token facilitates the attacker's ability to # carry out a CSRF attack against the victim's active session for any resource exposed by the web # application. Now consider the exposure of a CSRF token using the experimental unique token per-page # model. Exposure of this token would only allow the attacker to carry out a CSRF attack against the # victim's active session for a small subset of resources exposed by the web application. Use of the # unique token per-page property is a strong defense in depth strategy significantly reducing the # impact of exposed CSRF prevention tokens. The following configuration snippet instructs OWASP # CSRFGuard to utilize the unique token per-page model: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenPerPage=true # org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenPerPagePrecreate=false org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenPerPage=true org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenPerPagePrecreate=false # Token Rotation # # The rotate token property (org.owasp.csrfguard.Rotate) is a boolean value that determines if # CSRFGuard should generate and utilize a new token after verifying the previous token. Rotation # helps minimize the window of opportunity an attacker has to leverage the victim's stolen token # in a targeted CSRF attack. However, this functionality generally causes navigation problems in # most applications. Specifically, the 'Back' button in the browser will often cease to function # properly. When a user hits the 'Back' button and interacts with the HTML, the browser may submit # an old token causing CSRFGuard to incorrectly believe this request is a CSRF attack in progress # (i.e. a 'false positive'). Users can prevent this scenario by preventing the caching of HTML pages # containing FORM submissions using the cache-control header. However, this may also introduce # performance problems as the browser will have to request HTML on a more frequent basis. The following # configuration snippet enables token rotation: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.Rotate=true # Ajax and XMLHttpRequest Support # # The Ajax property (org.owasp.csrfguard.Ajax) is a boolean value that indicates whether or not OWASP # CSRFGuard should support the injection and verification of unique per-session prevention tokens for # XMLHttpRequests. To leverage Ajax support, the user must not only set this property to true but must # also reference the JavaScript DOM Manipulation code using a script element. This dynamic script will # override the send method of the XMLHttpRequest object to ensure the submission of an X-Requested-With # header name value pair coupled with the submission of a custom header name value pair for each request. # The name of the custom header is the value of the token name property and the value of the header is # always the unique per-session token value. This custom header is analogous to the HTTP parameter name # value pairs submitted via traditional GET and POST requests. If the X-Requested-With header was sent # in the HTTP request, then CSRFGuard will look for the presence and ensure the validity of the unique # per-session token in the custom header name value pair. Note that verification of these headers takes # precedence over verification of the CSRF token supplied as an HTTP parameter. More specifically, # CSRFGuard does not verify the presence of the CSRF token if the Ajax support property is enabled and # the corresponding X-Requested-With and custom headers are embedded within the request. The following # configuration snippet instructs OWASP CSRFGuard to support Ajax requests by verifying the presence and # correctness of the X-Requested-With and custom headers: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.Ajax=true org.owasp.csrfguard.Ajax=true # The default behavior of CSRFGuard is to protect all pages. Pages marked as unprotected will not be protected. # If the Protect property is enabled, this behavior is reversed. Pages must be marked as protected to be protected. # All other pages will not be protected. This is useful when the CsrfGuardFilter is aggressively mapped (ex: /*), # but you only want to protect a few pages. # # org.owasp.csrfguard.Protect=true # Unprotected Pages: # # The unprotected pages property (org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.*) defines a series of pages that # should not be protected by CSRFGuard. Such configurations are useful when the CsrfGuardFilter is # aggressively mapped (ex: /*). The syntax of the property name is org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.[PageName], # where PageName is some arbitrary identifier that can be used to reference a resource. The syntax of # defining the uri of unprotected pages is the same as the syntax used by the JavaEE container for uri mapping. # Specifically, CSRFGuard will identify the first match (if any) between the requested uri and an unprotected # page in order of declaration. Match criteria is as follows: # # Case 1: exact match between request uri and unprotected page # Case 2: longest path prefix match, beginning / and ending /* # Case 3: extension match, beginning *. # Case 4: if the value starts with ^ and ends with $, it will be evaulated as a regex. Note that before the # regex is compiled, any common variables will be substituted (e.g. %servletContext%) # Default: requested resource must be validated by CSRFGuard # # The following code snippet illustrates the four use cases over four examples. The first two examples # (Tag and JavaScriptServlet) look for direct URI matches. The third example (Html) looks for all resources # ending in a .html extension. The next example (Public) looks for all resources prefixed with the URI path /MySite/Public/*. # The last example looks for resources that end in Public.do # # org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Tag=%servletContext%/tag.jsp # org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.JavaScriptServlet=%servletContext%/JavaScriptServlet # org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Html=*.html # org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Public=%servletContext%/Public/* # regex example starts with ^ and ends with $, and the %servletContext% is evaluated before the regex # org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.PublicServlet=^%servletContext%/.*Public\.do$ org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Default=%servletContext%/ org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Upload=%servletContext%/upload.html org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.JavaScriptServlet=%servletContext%/JavaScriptServlet org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Ajax=%servletContext%/ajax.html org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Error=%servletContext%/error.html org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Index=%servletContext%/index.html org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.JavaScript=%servletContext%/javascript.html org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Tag=%servletContext%/tag.jsp org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Redirect=%servletContext%/redirect.jsp org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Forward=%servletContext%/forward.jsp org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Session=%servletContext%/session.jsp # Actions: Responding to Attacks # # The actions directive (org.owasp.csrfguard.action.*) gives the user the ability to specify one or more # actions that should be invoked when a CSRF attack is detected. Every action must implement the # org.owasp.csrfguard.action.IAction interface either directly or indirectly through the # org.owasp.csrfguard.action.AbstractAction helper class. Many actions accept parameters that can be specified # along with the action class declaration. These parameters are consumed at runtime and impact the behavior of # the associated action. # # The syntax for defining and configuring CSRFGuard actions is relatively straight forward. Let us assume we wish # to redirect the user to a default page when a CSRF attack is detected. A redirect action already exists within # the CSRFGuard bundle and is available via the class name org.owasp.csrfguard.actions.Redirect. In order to enable # this action, we capture the following declaration in the Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties file: # # syntax: org.owasp.csrfguard.action.[actionName]=[className] # example: org.owasp.csrfguard.action.class.Redirect=org.owasp.csrfguard.actions.Redirect # # The aforementioned directive declares an action called "Redirect" (i.e. [actionName]) referencing the Java class # "org.owasp.csrfguard.actions.Redirect" (i.e. [className]). Anytime a CSRF attack is detected, the Redirect action # will be executed. You may be asking yourself, "but how do I specify where the user is redirected?"; this is where # action parameters come into play. In order to specify the redirect location, we capture the following declaration # in the Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties file: # # syntax: org.owasp.csrfguard.action.[actionName].[parameterName]=[parameterValue] # example: org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Redirect.ErrorPage=%servletContext%/error.html # # The aforementioned directive declares an action parameter called "ErrorPage" (i.e. [parameterName]) with the value # of "%servletContext%/error.html" (i.e. [parameterValue]) for the action "Redirect" (i.e. [actionName]). The # Redirect action expects the "ErrorPage" parameter to be defined and will redirect the user to this location when # an attack is detected. # #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Empty=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Empty org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Log=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Log org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Log.Message=potential cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack thwarted (user:%user%, ip:%remote_ip%, method:%request_method%, uri:%request_uri%, error:%exception_message%) #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Invalidate=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Invalidate org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Redirect=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Redirect org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Redirect.Page=%servletContext%/error.html #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.RequestAttribute=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.RequestAttribute #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.RequestAttribute.AttributeName=Owasp_CsrfGuard_Exception_Key org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Rotate=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Rotate #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.SessionAttribute=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.SessionAttribute #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.SessionAttribute.AttributeName=Owasp_CsrfGuard_Exception_Key #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Error=org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Error #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Error.Code=403 #org.owasp.csrfguard.action.Error.Message=Security violation. # Token Name # # The token name property (org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenName) defines the name of the HTTP parameter # to contain the value of the OWASP CSRFGuard token for each request. The following configuration # snippet sets the CSRFGuard token parameter name to the value OWASP_CSRFTOKEN: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenName=OWASP_CSRFTOKEN org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenName=OWASP_CSRFTOKEN # Session Key # # The session key property (org.owasp.csrfguard.SessionKey) defines the string literal used to save # and lookup the CSRFGuard token from the session. This value is used by the filter and the tag # libraries to retrieve and set the token value in the session. Developers can use this key to # programmatically lookup the token within their own code. The following configuration snippet sets # the session key to the value OWASP_CSRFTOKEN: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.SessionKey=OWASP_CSRFTOKEN org.owasp.csrfguard.SessionKey=OWASP_CSRFTOKEN # Token Length # # The token length property (org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenLength) defines the number of characters that # should be found within the CSRFGuard token. Note that characters are delimited by dashes (-) in groups # of four. For cosmetic reasons, users are encourage to ensure the token length is divisible by four. # The following configuration snippet sets the token length property to 32 characters: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenLength=32 org.owasp.csrfguard.TokenLength=32 # Pseudo-random Number Generator # # The pseudo-random number generator property (org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG) defines what PRNG should be used # to generate the OWASP CSRFGuard token. Always ensure this value references a cryptographically strong # pseudo-random number generator algorithm. The following configuration snippet sets the pseudo-random number # generator to SHA1PRNG: # # org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG=SHA1PRNG org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG=SHA1PRNG # Pseudo-random Number Generator Provider # The pseudo-random number generator provider property (org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG.Provider) defines which # provider's implementation of org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG we should utilize. The following configuration # snippet instructs the JVM to leverage SUN's implementation of the algorithm denoted by the # org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG property: # org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG.Provider=SUN org.owasp.csrfguard.PRNG.Provider=SUN # If not specifying the print config option in the web.xml, you can specify it here, to print the config # on startup org.owasp.csrfguard.Config.Print = true ########################### ## Javascript servlet settings if not set in web.xml ## https://www.owasp.org/index.php/CSRFGuard_3_Token_Injection ########################### # leave this blank and blank in web.xml and it will read from META-INF/csrfguard.js from the jarfile # Denotes the location of the JavaScript template file that should be consumed and dynamically # augmented by the JavaScriptServlet class. The default value is WEB-INF/Owasp.CsrfGuard.js. # Use of this property and the existence of the specified template file is required. org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.sourceFile = # Boolean value that determines whether or not the dynamic JavaScript code should be strict # with regards to what links it should inject the CSRF prevention token. With a value of true, # the JavaScript code will only place the token in links that point to the same exact domain # from which the HTML originated. With a value of false, the JavaScript code will place the # token in links that not only point to the same exact domain from which the HTML originated, # but sub-domains as well. org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.domainStrict = true # Allows the developer to specify the value of the Cache-Control header in the HTTP response # when serving the dynamic JavaScript file. The default value is private, maxage=28800. # Caching of the dynamic JavaScript file is intended to minimize traffic and improve performance. # Note that the Cache-Control header is always set to "no-store" when either the "Rotate" # "TokenPerPage" options is set to true in Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties. org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.cacheControl = private, maxage=28800 # Allows the developer to specify a regular expression describing the required value of the # Referer header. Any attempts to access the servlet with a Referer header that does not # match the captured expression is discarded. Inclusion of referer header checking is to # help minimize the risk of JavaScript Hijacking attacks that attempt to steal tokens from # the dynamically generated JavaScript. While the primary defenses against JavaScript # Hijacking attacks are implemented within the dynamic JavaScript itself, referer header # checking is implemented to achieve defense in depth. org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.refererPattern = .* # Similar to javascript servlet referer pattern, but this will make sure the referer of the # javascript servlet matches the domain of the request. If there is no referer (proxy strips it?) # then it will not fail. Generally this is a good idea to be true. org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.refererMatchDomain = true # Boolean value that determines whether or not the dynamic JavaScript code should # inject the CSRF prevention token as a hidden field into HTML forms. The default # value is true. Developers are strongly discouraged from disabling this property # as most server-side state changing actions are triggered via a POST request. org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.injectIntoForms = true # Boolean value that determines whether or not the dynamic JavaScript code should # inject the CSRF prevention token in the query string of src and href attributes. # Injecting the CSRF prevention token in a URL resource increases its general risk # of exposure to unauthorized parties. However, most JavaEE web applications respond # in the exact same manner to HTTP requests and their associated parameters regardless # of the HTTP method. The risk associated with not protecting GET requests in this # situation is perceived greater than the risk of exposing the token in protected GET # requests. As a result, the default value of this attribute is set to true. Developers # that are confident their server-side state changing controllers will only respond to # POST requests (i.e. discarding GET requests) are strongly encouraged to disable this property. org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.injectIntoAttributes = true org.owasp.csrfguard.JavascriptServlet.xRequestedWith = OWASP CSRFGuard Project ########################### ## Config overlay settings if you have the provider above set to ConfigurationOverlayProvider ## This CSRF config provider uses Internet2 Configuration Overlays (documented on Internet2 wiki) ## By default the configuration is read from the Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties ## (which should not be edited), and the Owasp.CsrfGuard.overlay.properties overlays ## the base settings. See the Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties for the possible ## settings that can be applied to the Owasp.CsrfGuard.overlay.properties ########################### # comma separated config files that override each other (files on the right override the left) # each should start with file: or classpath: # e.g. classpath:Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties, file:c:/temp/myFile.properties org.owasp.csrfguard.configOverlay.hierarchy = classpath:Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties, classpath:Owasp.CsrfGuard.overlay.properties # seconds between checking to see if the config files are updated org.owasp.csrfguard.configOverlay.secondsBetweenUpdateChecks = 60 ###########################