Hi Liam,

This intent has come up in the OWP security triage, and I'm trying to
figure out whether there's XSS potential in the 3rd sub-feature, "Creative
macros in FFAR". This looks like a string-based pattern replacement where
the result string will then be parsed by the browser. Similar things have
lent themselves to XSS, e.g. when a string value contains meta characters
that code downstream will then parse in unexpected ways. Unfortunately, I
can't seem to find enough information about how exactly the replacement &
subsequent usage works to make up my mind whether there's a concern or not.
Could you help me out with a bit more information?

What I've found is this:
- In "<dfn>send a beacon</dfn>": "TODO: Substitute macros from |macro map|
into |destination url|." (source
<https://github.com/WICG/fenced-frame/pull/113/files>)
- In "<dfn>asynchronously finish reporting</dfn>" I find where macro map
being set, but then it says: "TODO: Pass |macroMap| and
|allowedReportingOrigins| to [=Finalize a reporting destination=] when it
is updated to take the parameters." (source
<https://github.com/WICG/turtledove/pull/762/files>) I can't find that
usage.

Questions I have:
- Am I reading the right docs? Where else should I look?
- Is this meant as a simple string-based substitution? Is there any
filtering of allowed characters, or so?
- What happens with the result values?
- Is the entity that sets the macro values always the same that has set the
patterns the values are being used for, or could those be different
entities?

Thanks!


On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 9:34 PM 'Liam Brady' via blink-dev <
blink-dev@chromium.org> wrote:

> Contact emails
>
> shivani...@chromium.org, d...@chromium.org, jkar...@chromium.org,
> lbr...@google.com
> Explainer(s)
>
> Send Automatic Beacons Once
>
> https://github.com/WICG/turtledove/pull/718
>
> Serializable Fenced Frames Configs - Minor Change, No explainer available.
>
> Note: With this change, FencedFrameConfig objects will be serializable and
> can be sent through "postMessage()" and other similar calls.
>
> Creative Macros in Fenced Frames Ads Reporting (FFAR)
>
> https://github.com/WICG/turtledove/pull/763
>
> Spec(s)
>
> Send Automatic Beacons Once
>
> https://github.com/WICG/fenced-frame/pull/109
>
> Serializable Fenced Frames Configs
>
> https://github.com/WICG/fenced-frame/pull/111
>
> Creative Macros in Fenced Frames Ads Reporting (FFAR)
>
> Protected Audience: https://github.com/WICG/turtledove/pull/762/files
>
> Fenced Frames: https://github.com/WICG/fenced-frame/pull/113
>
>
>
> Summary
>
> We launched Fenced Frames as a part of Chrome 115. We would like to add
> the following three functionalities to Fenced Frames.
>
> 1. Send Automatic Beacons Once
>
> A common feature in ad frames is the "why this ad?" link. Since that link
> is separate from the ad itself, clicking "why this ad?", and its subsequent
> navigation, should be considered different from clicking directly on the
> advertisement itself. With our current automatic beacon design, however,
> once an automatic beacon is set (usually in the click handler for the ad
> link), that beacon will send out for any subsequent top-level navigations,
> including if "why this ad?" is clicked. This can result in erroneous
> impressions being sent out.
>
> As a solution, this feature introduces a new "once" member to the
> FenceEvent <https://wicg.github.io/fenced-frame/#dictdef-fenceevent>
> dictionary passed into
> "window.fence.setReportEventDataForAutomaticBeacons()". If set to true, the
> saved automatic beacon data will be cleared out after the next beacon is
> sent, ensuring that automatic beacons with that data are only sent once.
> This means that further clicks to non-ad parts of the frame that result in
> top-level navigations will not send out erroneous beacons.
>
> (This feature already shipped in M116. That was our mistake. At the time,
> we thought we would only need a PSA for it, and shipped it without it being
> behind a flag. We apologize for the mistake.)
>
> 2. Serializable FencedFramesConfigs
>
> With this change, FencedFrameConfig objects will be serializable and can
> be sent through "postMessage()" and other similar calls. Serialization
> allows for a case where the frame that runs an ad auction is not the same
> frame that ends up embedding the winning ad in a fenced frame.
> FencedFrameConfigs cannot be serialized to storage, nor can they be sent in
> a message that crosses a fenced frame boundary. A FencedFrameConfig object
> is only valid in the traversable navigable
> <https://wicg.github.io/fenced-frame/#traversable-navigables> it was
> originally created in, and, if sent outside to a different context, will
> not be able to navigate, since the new traversable navigable
> <https://wicg.github.io/fenced-frame/#traversable-navigables>'s fenced
> frame config mapping
> <https://wicg.github.io/fenced-frame/#traversable-navigable-fenced-frame-config-mapping>
> will not contain the internal config needed to do the navigation.
>
> 3. Creative macros in Fenced Frames Ads Reporting (FFAR)
>
> This feature extends the Fenced Frame Ads Reporting (FFAR) API to support
> macro substitution in reporting URLs and allows reports to be sent to up to
> ten other origins that have enrolled with the Privacy Sandbox and
> allow-listed by the DSP. Use case: In online ad auctions for ad space,
> advertisers buying through DSPs in several situations use other adtech
> providers to monitor performance and keep track of how their advertising
> dollars are spent. (issue link
> <https://github.com/WICG/turtledove/issues/477>)
>
> Blink component
>
> Blink>FencedFrames
> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EFencedFrames>
>
> TAG reviews and status
>
> Fenced frames existing TAG review appended with these spec changes
> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/838#issuecomment-1693631006
>
> Link to Origin Trial feedback summary
>
> No Origin Trial performed
>
> Is this feature supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux,
> Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)?
>
> Supported on all the above platforms except Android WebView.
>
> Debuggability
>
> Additional debugging capabilities are not necessary for these feature
> changes.
>
> Risks
>
> Compatibility
>
> There are no compatibility risks, as described below:
>
> 1. Send Automatic Beacons Once: This is backward compatible with the
> existing API since the default value of “once” is false which is the same
> behavior as the previous behavior.
>
> 2. Serializable FencedFramesConfigs: This is added functionality and
> backward compatible with the existing FencedFramesConfig.
>
> 3. Creative macros in Fenced Frames Ads Reporting (FFAR): This is adding
> a new API and a backward compatible change to reportEvent.
>
> Interoperability
>
> there are no interoperability risks as no other browsers have decided to
> implement these features yet.
>
> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?
> Link to test suite results from wpt.fyi.
>
> Yes
>
> Tests: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/tree/master/fenced-frame
>
> Results:
> https://wpt.fyi/results/fenced-frame?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
>
> Specifically, these features correspond to the following tests:
>
> Send Automatic Beacons Once:
>
>    -
>
>    automatic-beacon-two-events-clear.https.html (test
>    
> <https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/fenced-frame/automatic-beacon-two-events-clear.https.html>)
>    (result
>    
> <https://wpt.fyi/results/fenced-frame/automatic-beacon-two-events-clear.https.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned>
>    )
>    -
>
>    automatic-beacon-two-events-persist.https.html (test
>    
> <https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/fenced-frame/automatic-beacon-two-events-persist.https.html>)
>    (result
>    
> <https://wpt.fyi/results/fenced-frame/automatic-beacon-two-events-persist.https.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned>
>    )
>
> Serializable FencedFrameConfigs:
>
>    -
>
>    deep-copy-config.https.html (test
>    
> <https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/fenced-frame/deep-copy-config.https.html>)
>    (result
>    
> <https://wpt.fyi/results/fenced-frame/deep-copy-config.https.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned>
>    )
>
> Creative macros in Fenced Frames Ads Reporting (FFAR):
>
>    -
>
>    fence-report-event-destination-url.https.html (test
>    
> <https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/fenced-frame/fence-report-event-destination-url.https.html>)
>    (result
>    
> <https://wpt.fyi/results/fenced-frame/fence-report-event-destination-url.https.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned>
>    )
>
>
> Anticipated spec changes
>
> None
>
> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>
> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5103970808233984
>
> Links to previous Intent discussions
>
> Intent to prototype:
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/Ko9UXQYPgUE/m/URRsB-qvAAAJ
>
>
> Intent to experiment:
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/y6G3cvKXjlg/m/Lcpmpi_LAgAJ
>
>
> Intent to extend origin trial:
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/SD8Ot2gpz4g/m/A9uA-_cGAwAJ
>
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/gpmaOi3of_w/m/SyMclFhMAAAJ
>
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/CBrV-2DrYFI/m/RTojC6kHAgAJ
>
>
> Intent to ship:
>
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/tpw8wW0VenQ/m/mePLTiHlDQAJ
>
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