java.spring.security.audit.spring-csrf-disabled.spring-csrf-disabled

Community Favorite
profile photo of returntocorpreturntocorp
Author
50,751
Download Count*
LGPL Commons Clause
License

CSRF protection is disabled for this configuration. This is a security risk.

Run Locally

Run in CI

Semgrep CI docs

Defintion

Edit RuleView Source
Open in Playground 
rules:
  - id: spring-csrf-disabled
    message: CSRF protection is disabled for this configuration. This is a security
      risk.
    metadata:
      cwe:
        - "CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)"
      owasp:
        - A01:2021 - Broken Access Control
      source-rule-url: https://find-sec-bugs.github.io/bugs.htm#SPRING_CSRF_PROTECTION_DISABLED
      asvs:
        section: V4 Access Control
        control_id: 4.2.2 CSRF
        control_url: https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS/blob/master/4.0/en/0x12-V4-Access-Control.md#v42-operation-level-access-control
        version: "4"
      category: security
      technology:
        - spring
      references:
        - https://owasp.org/Top10/A01_2021-Broken_Access_Control
      cwe2022-top25: true
      cwe2021-top25: true
      subcategory:
        - audit
      likelihood: LOW
      impact: MEDIUM
      confidence: LOW
      license: Commons Clause License Condition v1.0[LGPL-2.1-only]
    severity: WARNING
    languages:
      - java
    pattern: $OBJ.csrf(...).disable(...)

Examples

spring-csrf-disabled.java

package com.example.securingweb;   // cf. https://spring.io/guides/gs/securing-web/

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
import org.springframework.security.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManager;

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class WebSecurityConfigCsrfDisable extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        // ruleid: spring-csrf-disabled
        http
            .csrf().disable()
            .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/", "/home").permitAll()
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
                .and()
            .formLogin()
                .loginPage("/login")
                .permitAll()
                .and()
            .logout()
                .permitAll();
    }
}

public class WebSecurityConfigOK extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        // ok: spring-csrf-disabled
        http
            .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/", "/home").permitAll()
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
                .and()
            .formLogin()
                .loginPage("/login")
                .permitAll()
                .and()
            .logout()
                .permitAll();
    }
}