fix: closes #11617, upgrade csrf-sync dep

adds back req.csrfToken()

install/package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "nodebb",
     "license": "GPL-3.0",
     "description": "NodeBB Forum",
-    "version": "2.8.11",
+    "version": "2.8.12",
     "homepage": "http://www.nodebb.org",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         "cookie-parser": "1.4.6",
         "cron": "2.3.0",
         "cropperjs": "1.5.13",
-        "csurf": "1.11.0",
+        "csrf-sync": "4.0.1",
         "daemon": "1.1.0",
         "diff": "5.1.0",
         "esbuild": "0.16.10",

public/src/sockets.js

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ app = window.app || {};
 		reconnectionDelay: config.reconnectionDelay,
 		transports: config.socketioTransports,
 		path: config.relative_path + '/socket.io',
+		query: {
+			_csrf: config.csrf_token,
+		},
 	};
 
 	window.socket = io(config.websocketAddress, ioParams);

src/controllers/api.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const categories = require('../categories');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const translator = require('../translator');
 const languages = require('../languages');
+const { generateToken } = require('../middleware/csrf');
 
 const apiController = module.exports;
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ apiController.loadConfig = async function (req) {
 		'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'] || '',
 		topicPostSort: meta.config.topicPostSort || 'oldest_to_newest',
 		categoryTopicSort: meta.config.categoryTopicSort || 'newest_to_oldest',
-		csrf_token: req.uid >= 0 && req.csrfToken && req.csrfToken(),
+		csrf_token: req.uid >= 0 ? generateToken(req) : undefined,
 		searchEnabled: plugins.hooks.hasListeners('filter:search.query'),
 		searchDefaultInQuick: meta.config.searchDefaultInQuick || 'titles',
 		bootswatchSkin: meta.config.bootswatchSkin || '',

src/middleware/csrf.js

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { csrfSync } = require('csrf-sync');
+
+const {
+	generateToken,
+	csrfSynchronisedProtection,
+	isRequestValid,
+} = csrfSync({
+	getTokenFromRequest: (req) => {
+		if (req.headers['x-csrf-token']) {
+			return req.headers['x-csrf-token'];
+		} else if (req.body && req.body.csrf_token) {
+			return req.body.csrf_token;
+		} else if (req.query) {
+			return req.query._csrf;
+		}
+	},
+	size: 64,
+});
+
+module.exports = {
+	generateToken,
+	csrfSynchronisedProtection,
+	isRequestValid,
+};

src/middleware/index.js

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const async = require('async');
 const path = require('path');
-const csrf = require('csurf');
 const validator = require('validator');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 const toobusy = require('toobusy-js');
 const util = require('util');
+const { csrfSynchronisedProtection } = require('./csrf');
 
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const meta = require('../meta');
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ middleware.regexes = {
 	timestampedUpload: /^\d+-.+$/,
 };
 
-const csrfMiddleware = csrf();
+const csrfMiddleware = csrfSynchronisedProtection;
 
 middleware.applyCSRF = function (req, res, next) {
 	if (req.uid >= 0) {

src/routes/authentication.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const meta = require('../meta');
 const controllers = require('../controllers');
 const helpers = require('../controllers/helpers');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
+const { generateToken } = require('../middleware/csrf');
 
 let loginStrategies = [];
 
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ Auth.reloadRoutes = async function (params) {
 				};
 
 				if (strategy.checkState !== false) {
-					req.session.ssoState = req.csrfToken && req.csrfToken();
+					req.session.ssoState = generateToken(req, true);
 					opts.state = req.session.ssoState;
 				}
 

src/socket.io/index.js

@@ -34,13 +34,25 @@ Sockets.init = async function (server) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	io.use(authorize);
-
 	io.on('connection', onConnection);
 
 	const opts = {
 		transports: nconf.get('socket.io:transports') || ['polling', 'websocket'],
 		cookie: false,
+		allowRequest: (req, callback) => {
+			authorize(req, (err) => {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+				const csrf = require('../middleware/csrf');
+				const isValid = csrf.isRequestValid({
+					session: req.session || {},
+					query: req._query,
+					headers: req.headers,
+				});
+				callback(null, isValid);
+			});
+		},
 	};
 	/*
 	 * Restrict socket.io listener to cookie domain. If none is set, infer based on url.
@@ -62,7 +74,11 @@ Sockets.init = async function (server) {
 };
 
 function onConnection(socket) {
-	socket.ip = (socket.request.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || socket.request.connection.remoteAddress || '').split(',')[0];
+	socket.uid = socket.request.uid;
+	socket.ip = (
+		socket.request.headers['x-forwarded-for'] ||
+		socket.request.connection.remoteAddress || ''
+	).split(',')[0];
 	socket.request.ip = socket.ip;
 	logger.io_one(socket, socket.uid);
 
@@ -231,9 +247,7 @@ async function validateSession(socket, errorMsg) {
 
 const cookieParserAsync = util.promisify((req, callback) => cookieParser(req, {}, err => callback(err)));
 
-async function authorize(socket, callback) {
-	const { request } = socket;
-
+async function authorize(request, callback) {
 	if (!request) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:not-authorized]]'));
 	}
@@ -246,15 +260,13 @@ async function authorize(socket, callback) {
 	});
 
 	const sessionData = await getSessionAsync(sessionId);
-
+	request.session = sessionData;
+	let uid = 0;
 	if (sessionData && sessionData.passport && sessionData.passport.user) {
-		request.session = sessionData;
-		socket.uid = parseInt(sessionData.passport.user, 10);
-	} else {
-		socket.uid = 0;
+		uid = parseInt(sessionData.passport.user, 10);
 	}
-	request.uid = socket.uid;
-	callback();
+	request.uid = uid;
+	callback(null, uid);
 }
 
 Sockets.in = function (room) {

src/user/interstitials.js

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Interstitials.email = async (data) => {
 			issuePasswordChallenge: !!data.userData.uid && hasPassword,
 		},
 		callback: async (userData, formData) => {
+			if (formData.email) {
+				formData.email = String(formData.email).trim();
+			}
+
 			// Validate and send email confirmation
 			if (userData.uid) {
 				const isSelf = parseInt(userData.uid, 10) === parseInt(data.req.uid, 10);

test/helpers/index.js

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ helpers.logoutUser = function (jar, callback) {
 	});
 };
 
-helpers.connectSocketIO = function (res, callback) {
+helpers.connectSocketIO = function (res, csrf_token, callback) {
 	const io = require('socket.io-client');
 	let cookies = res.headers['set-cookie'];
 	cookies = cookies.filter(c => /express.sid=[^;]+;/.test(c));
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ helpers.connectSocketIO = function (res, callback) {
 			Origin: nconf.get('url'),
 			Cookie: cookie,
 		},
+		query: {
+			_csrf: csrf_token,
+		},
 	});
 
 	socket.on('connect', () => {

test/socket.io.js

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('socket.io', () => {
 			}, (err, res) => {
 				assert.ifError(err);
 
-				helpers.connectSocketIO(res, (err, _io) => {
+				helpers.connectSocketIO(res, body.csrf_token, (err, _io) => {
 					io = _io;
 					assert.ifError(err);