Our product is using the @request.restful() decorator to specify REST
endpoints for our resources. During testing, I noticed that I can specify a
PUT request var of "id=x" where x is some new id and the id of that row
will change to x. This is even WITH "db.table.id.writable = False."
The PUT method is defined as follows:
def PUT(table_name, record_id, **vars):
return db(db[table_name]._id==record_id).validate_and_update(**vars)
So, for example, on a db with "db.person.id.writable = False", a request to
"http://127.0.0.1:8000/appname/default/api/person/1?id=100"; will modify the
person row with id 1 to be id 100.
This seems like a relatively major problem... if a user were to be clever
enough to play around with our UI and figure out the REST calls being made,
he/she could potentially mess with all the ids and relationships of the
resources, at least for that particular account (and any other resources
we've exposed).
Am I missing something? Does "db.person.id.writable = False" only apply to
SQLFORMs? Is there some other way to prevent modification of the id field?
Thanks ahead of time for any help.
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