fixed Host header vulnerability #1196

applications/welcome/models/db.py

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ response.form_label_separator = myconf.get('forms.separator') or ''
 
 from gluon.tools import Auth, Service, PluginManager
 
-auth = Auth(db, host=myconf.get('host.name'))
+# host names must be a list of allowed host names (glob syntax allowed)
+auth = Auth(db, host_names=myconf.get('host.names'))
 service = Service()
 plugins = PluginManager()
 

applications/welcome/private/appconfig.ini

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ generator   = Web2py Web Framework
 
 ; Host configuration
 [host]
-name = localhost
+names = localhost:*, 127.0.0.1:*, *:*, *
 
 ; db configuration
 [db]

gluon/contrib/appconfig.py

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ class AppConfigDict(dict):
                 return False
             elif value.isdigit() or (value[0]=='-' and value[1:].isdigit()):
                 return int(value)
-            elif ', ' in value:
+            elif ',' in value:
-                return value.split(', ')
+                return map(lambda x:x.strip(),value.split(','))
             else:
                 try:
                     return float(value)

gluon/tools.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import glob
 import os
 import re
 import time
+import fnmatch
 import traceback
 import smtplib
 import urllib
@@ -1717,11 +1718,29 @@ class Auth(object):
     def here(self):
         return URL(args=current.request.args, vars=current.request.get_vars)
 
+    def select_host(self, host, host_names=None):
+        """
+        checks that host is valid, i.e. in the list of glob host_names
+        if the host is missing, then is it selects the first entry from host_names
+        read more here: https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues/1196
+        """
+        if host:
+            if host_names:
+                for item in host_names:
+                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(host, item):
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise HTTP(403, "Invalid Hostname")
+        elif host_names:
+            host = host_names[0]
+        else:
+            host = 'localhost'
+
     def __init__(self, environment=None, db=None, mailer=True,
                  hmac_key=None, controller='default', function='user',
                  cas_provider=None, signature=True, secure=False,
                  csrf_prevention=True, propagate_extension=None,
-                 url_index=None, jwt=None, host=None):
+                 url_index=None, jwt=None, host_names=None):
 
         ## next two lines for backward compatibility
         if not db and environment and isinstance(environment, DAL):
@@ -1765,7 +1784,7 @@ class Auth(object):
 
         settings = self.settings = Settings()
         settings.update(Auth.default_settings)        
-        host = host or request.env.http_host
+        host = self.select_host(request.env.http_host, host_names)
         settings.update(
             cas_domains=[host],
             enable_tokens=False,