Replace CSRF token checking with Referer checking

srv/src/http/api.go

@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ func (a *api) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (a *api) apiHandler() http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
-	mux.Handle("/csrf", a.getCSRFTokenHandler())
-
 	mux.Handle("/pow/challenge", a.newPowChallengeHandler())
 	mux.Handle("/pow/check",
 		a.requirePowMiddleware(
@@ -250,11 +248,10 @@ func (a *api) handler() http.Handler {
 	h := apiutil.MethodMux(map[string]http.Handler{
 		"GET": applyMiddlewares(
 			mux,
-			setCSRFMiddleware,
 		),
 		"*": applyMiddlewares(
 			mux,
-			checkCSRFMiddleware,
+			a.checkCSRFMiddleware,
 			addResponseHeadersMiddleware(map[string]string{
 				"Cache-Control": "no-store, max-age=0",
 				"Pragma":        "no-cache",

srv/src/http/csrf.go

@@ -3,76 +3,26 @@ package http
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/mediocregopher/blog.mediocregopher.com/srv/http/apiutil"
 )
 
-const (
-	csrfTokenCookieName = "csrf_token"
-	csrfTokenHeaderName = "X-CSRF-Token"
-	csrfTokenFormName   = "csrfToken"
-)
-
-func setCSRFMiddleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-
-		csrfTok, err := apiutil.GetCookie(r, csrfTokenCookieName, "")
-
-		if err != nil {
-			apiutil.InternalServerError(rw, r, err)
-			return
-
-		} else if csrfTok == "" {
-			http.SetCookie(rw, &http.Cookie{
-				Name:   csrfTokenCookieName,
-				Value:  apiutil.RandStr(32),
-				Secure: true,
-			})
-		}
-
-		h.ServeHTTP(rw, r)
-	})
-}
-
-func checkCSRFMiddleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+func (a *api) checkCSRFMiddleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
-		csrfTok, err := apiutil.GetCookie(r, csrfTokenCookieName, "")
-
+		refererURL, err := url.Parse(r.Referer())
 		if err != nil {
-			apiutil.InternalServerError(rw, r, err)
+			apiutil.BadRequest(rw, r, errors.New("invalid Referer"))
 			return
 		}
 
-		givenCSRFTok := r.Header.Get(csrfTokenHeaderName)
-		if givenCSRFTok == "" {
-			givenCSRFTok = r.FormValue(csrfTokenFormName)
-		}
-
-		if csrfTok == "" || givenCSRFTok != csrfTok {
-			apiutil.BadRequest(rw, r, errors.New("invalid CSRF token"))
+		if refererURL.Scheme != a.params.PublicURL.Scheme ||
+			refererURL.Host != a.params.PublicURL.Host {
+			apiutil.BadRequest(rw, r, errors.New("invalid Referer"))
 			return
 		}
 
 		h.ServeHTTP(rw, r)
 	})
 }
-
-func (a *api) getCSRFTokenHandler() http.Handler {
-
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-
-		csrfTok, err := apiutil.GetCookie(r, csrfTokenCookieName, "")
-
-		if err != nil {
-			apiutil.InternalServerError(rw, r, err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		apiutil.JSONResult(rw, r, struct {
-			CSRFToken string
-		}{
-			CSRFToken: csrfTok,
-		})
-	})
-}

srv/src/http/tpl.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"io/fs"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -100,21 +99,12 @@ func (a *api) mustParseTpl(name string) *template.Template {
 
 func (a *api) mustParseBasedTpl(name string) *template.Template {
 	tpl := a.mustParseTpl(name)
-	tpl = template.Must(tpl.New("load-csrf.html").Parse(mustReadTplFile("load-csrf.html")))
 	tpl = template.Must(tpl.New("base.html").Parse(mustReadTplFile("base.html")))
 	return tpl
 }
 
 type tplData struct {
-	Payload   interface{}
-	CSRFToken string
-}
-
-func (t tplData) CSRFFormInput() template.HTML {
-	return template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(
-		`<input type="hidden" name="%s" class="csrfHiddenInput" />`,
-		csrfTokenFormName,
-	))
+	Payload interface{}
 }
 
 // executeTemplate expects to be the final action in an http.Handler
@@ -123,11 +113,8 @@ func executeTemplate(
 	tpl *template.Template, payload interface{},
 ) {
 
-	csrfToken, _ := apiutil.GetCookie(r, csrfTokenCookieName, "")
-
 	tplData := tplData{
-		Payload:   payload,
-		CSRFToken: csrfToken,
+		Payload: payload,
 	}
 
 	if err := tpl.Execute(rw, tplData); err != nil {
@@ -141,7 +128,6 @@ func executeTemplate(
 func (a *api) executeRedirectTpl(
 	rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, url string,
 ) {
-	log.Printf("here url:%q", url)
 	executeTemplate(rw, r, a.redirectTpl, struct {
 		URL string
 	}{

srv/src/http/tpl/assets.html

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {{ define "body" }}
 
-{{ $csrfFormInput := .CSRFFormInput }}
-
 <h2>Upload Asset</h2>
 
 <p>
@@ -10,7 +8,6 @@
 </p>
 
 <form action="{{ BlogURL "assets/" }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
-  {{ $csrfFormInput }}
   <div class="row">
     <div class="four columns">
       <input type="text" placeholder="Unique ID" name="id" />
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@
           method="POST"
           style="margin-bottom: 0;"
           >
-          {{ $csrfFormInput }}
           <input type="submit" value="Delete" />
         </form>
       </td>
@@ -46,8 +42,6 @@
 
 </table>
 
-{{ template "load-csrf.html" . }}
-
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ template "base.html" . }}

srv/src/http/tpl/edit-post.html

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
   <form method="POST" action="{{ BlogURL "posts/" }}">
 
-    {{ .CSRFFormInput }}
-
     <div class="row">
 
       <div class="columns six">
@@ -99,8 +97,6 @@
 
   </form>
 
-  {{ template "load-csrf.html" . }}
-
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ template "base.html" . }}

srv/src/http/tpl/load-csrf.html

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<script async type="module" src="{{ StaticURL "api.js" }}"></script>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-  (async () => {
-    const api = await import("{{ StaticURL "api.js" }}");
-    const res = await api.call("/api/csrf");
-
-    const els = document.getElementsByClassName("csrfHiddenInput");
-    for (let i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
-      els[i].value = res.CSRFToken;
-    }
-  })();
-</script>

srv/src/http/tpl/posts.html

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 {{ define "body" }}
 
-  {{ $csrfFormInput := .CSRFFormInput }}
-
   <p style="text-align: center;">
     <a href="{{ BlogURL "posts/" }}?edit">
       <button>New Post</button>
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@
             action="{{ PostURL .ID }}?method=delete"
             method="POST"
             >
-            {{ $csrfFormInput }}
             <input type="submit" value="Delete" />
           </form>
         </td>
@@ -55,8 +52,6 @@
 
   {{ template "posts-nextprev" . }}
 
-  {{ template "load-csrf.html" . }}
-
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ template "base.html" . }}