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Author: ASF GitHub Bot
Created on: 07/Nov/26 16:46
Start Date: 07/Nov/26 16:46
Worklog Time Spent: 10m
Work Description: lukaszlenart opened a new pull request, #2122:
URL: https://github.com/apache/struts/pull/2122
Fixes [WW-5754](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-5754)
## Summary
- `StrutsResourceIsolationPolicy` accepts cross-site `navigate` requests for
`HEAD` as well as `GET`, matching the [Fetch Metadata interceptor
documentation](https://struts.apache.org/core-developers/fetch-metadata-interceptor)
(`[GET, HEAD]`).
- Replaces `testValidTopLevelNavigation`, which sent no `Sec-Fetch-Site`
header and so never reached the navigation branch, with a cross-site GET + HEAD
navigation test. `testCrossSiteNavigationWithUnsafeMethodRejected` is unchanged.
## Decision on cross-site POST navigations
WW-5754 listed two options. This PR takes option 2: cross-site POST
navigations stay rejected, as introduced by WW-5753.
Accepting `navigate` for any method was rejected because a cross-site POST
navigation is the classic form-CSRF request, and `navigate` is also sent for
`<iframe>` targets. Applications receiving SAML/OIDC `form_post` responses or
payment-gateway returns opt out per action:
```xml
<interceptor-ref name="defaultStack">
<param name="fetchMetadata.disabled">true</param>
</interceptor-ref>
```
This is a behaviour change against 7.4.0 / 6.12.0 and goes into the 7.5.0
and 6.13.0 Version Notes and Migration Guide.
`exemptedPaths` is matched against the context path rather than the request
path, so it cannot exempt a single action today; that is tracked separately in
[WW-5846](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-5846).
## Test plan
- [x] `FetchMetadataInterceptorTest` — HEAD case fails before the change,
passes after
- [x] `mvn test -DskipAssembly -pl core` — 3743 tests, 0 failures
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> Fetch Metadata policy rejects cross-site POST and HEAD navigations since
> WW-5753
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>
> Key: WW-5754
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-5754
> Project: Struts 2
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Core
> Reporter: Lukasz Lenart
> Assignee: Lukasz Lenart
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 6.13.0, 7.5.0
>
> Time Spent: 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> Follow-up to [WW-5753|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-5753] (PR
> [#1983|https://github.com/apache/struts/pull/1983]).
> After WW-5753, {{StrutsResourceIsolationPolicy.isAllowedTopLevelNavigation}}
> accepts a cross-site request only when {{Sec-Fetch-Mode}} is {{navigate}}
> *and* the method is {{GET}}. {{FetchMetadataInterceptor}} is part of
> {{defaultStack}}, so with the default configuration the following now get a
> 403. Every release since 6.0.0 accepted them:
> * Cross-site POST navigations, for example a SAML or OIDC {{form_post}}
> response to an action, or a payment gateway posting the user back to the
> application.
> * Cross-site {{HEAD}} navigations. The [Fetch Metadata interceptor
> documentation|https://struts.apache.org/core-developers/fetch-metadata-interceptor]
> lists {{HEAD}} alongside {{GET}} as an accepted method.
> The only way out today is {{exemptedPaths}}. It is matched against
> {{request.getContextPath()}} ({{FetchMetadataInterceptor}}), so any entry
> exempts the whole web application, not a single action.
> h2. Options
> # Accept a cross-site request when {{Sec-Fetch-Mode}} is {{navigate}},
> whatever the method, as long as the destination is not {{object}} or
> {{embed}}. Cross-site subresource requests stay rejected, and form-post and
> redirect-back flows keep working.
> # Keep the GET-only rule, add {{HEAD}}, and document the change as breaking
> in the 7.5.0 Version Notes and the Migration Guide, with a supported way to
> exempt individual actions.
> h2. Also
> * Decide whether {{exemptedPaths}} should be matched against the request path
> (servlet path plus path info) rather than the context path.
> * {{FetchMetadataInterceptorTest.testValidTopLevelNavigation}} sends no
> {{Sec-Fetch-Site}} header, so it returns at the empty-site check and never
> reaches the navigation branch. Make it set {{cross-site}}, or drop it in
> favour of {{testCrossSiteTopLevelGetNavigationAllowed}}.
> * Add tests for a cross-site POST navigation and a cross-site HEAD
> navigation, asserting whichever behaviour is chosen.
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