package Apache2::TaintRequest;
use strict;
use warnings;
=head1 NAME
Apache2::TaintRequest - HTML Escape tainted data to prevent CSS Attacks
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Apache2::TaintRequest ();
sub handler {
my $r = shift;
$r = Apache2::TaintRequest->new($r);
my $querystring = $r->query_string();
$r->print($querystring); # html is escaped...
$querystring =~ s/<script>//;
$r->print($querystring); # html is NOT escaped...
}
=cut
use Apache2::RequestRec;
use HTML::Entities ();
use Taint qw(tainted);
our $VERSION = '0.01';
use base 'Apache2::RequestRec';
sub new {
my ( $class, $r ) = @_;
my %self;
bless \%self, $class;
$self{request} = $r;
return \%self;
}
*escape_html = \&HTML::Entities::encode_entities;
sub print {
my ( $self, @data ) = @_;
foreach my $value (@data) {
# Dereference scalar references.
$value = $$value if ref $value eq 'SCALAR';
# Escape any HTML content if the data is tainted.
$value = escape_html($value) if tainted($value);
}
$self->{request}->SUPER::print(@data);
}
1;
__END__
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=over 15
=item Note:
This code is derived from the I<Apache::TaintRequest> module,
available as part of "The mod_perl Developer's Cookbook".
=back
One of the harder problems facing web developers involves dealing with
potential cross site scripting attacks. Frequently this involves many
calls to HTML::Entities::escape_html().
This module aims to automate this tedious process. It overrides the
print mechanism in the mod_perl Apache module. The new print method
tests each chunk of text for taintedness. If it is tainted we assume
the worst and html-escape it before printing.
Note that this module requires that you have the line
PerlSwitches -T
in your httpd.conf. This may have other unintended side effects, so
be warned.
=head1 SEE ALSO
perl(1), mod_perl(1), Apache(3), Taint, Apache::TaintRequest
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/porting/compat.html#C_PerlTaintCheck_
=head1 AUTHORS
Fred Moyer E<lt>fred@redhotpenguin.comE<gt>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Apache2::TaintRequest Copryright (c) 2012, Fred Moyer
Apache::TaintRequest Copyright (c) 2001, Paul Lindner, Geoffrey Young, Randy Kobes.
All rights reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
=head1 HISTORY
This code is derived from the I<Apache::TaintRequest> module,
available on the CPAN.
=cut