SEC-1763: Prevent nested switches in SwitchUserFilter by calling attemptExitUser() before doing the switch.

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Luke Taylor 2011-07-13 21:56:06 +01:00
parent a504cfae1a
commit de97bac85b
2 changed files with 34 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ import org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean;
* <b>Note: This URL will be required to have appropriate security constraints configured so that only users of that
* role can access it (e.g. ROLE_ADMIN).</b>
* <p>
* On a successful switch, the user's <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> will be updated to reflect the
* On a successful switch, the user's <code>SecurityContext</code> will be updated to reflect the
* specified user and will also contain an additional
* {@link org.springframework.security.web.authentication.switchuser.SwitchUserGrantedAuthority} which contains the original user.
* Before switching, a check will be made on whether the user is already currently switched, and any current switch will
* be exited to prevent "nested" switches.
* <p>
* To 'exit' from a user context, the user will then need to access a URL (see <code>exitUserUrl</code>) that
* To 'exit' from a user context, the user needs to access a URL (see <code>exitUserUrl</code>) that
* will switch back to the original user as identified by the <code>ROLE_PREVIOUS_ADMINISTRATOR</code>.
* <p>
* To configure the Switch User Processing Filter, create a bean definition for the Switch User processing
@ -288,7 +290,16 @@ public class SwitchUserFilter extends GenericFilterBean implements ApplicationEv
// grant an additional authority that contains the original Authentication object
// which will be used to 'exit' from the current switched user.
Authentication currentAuth = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
Authentication currentAuth;
try {
// SEC-1763. Check first if we are already switched.
currentAuth = attemptExitUser(request);
} catch (AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException e) {
currentAuth = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
}
GrantedAuthority switchAuthority = new SwitchUserGrantedAuthority(ROLE_PREVIOUS_ADMINISTRATOR, currentAuth);
// get the original authorities

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@ -374,6 +374,26 @@ public class SwitchUserFilterTests {
assertTrue(AuthorityUtils.authorityListToSet(result.getAuthorities()).contains("ROLE_NEW"));
}
// SEC-1763
@Test
public void nestedSwitchesAreNotAllowed() throws Exception {
// original user
UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken source = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("orig", "hawaii50", ROLES_12);
SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(source);
SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(switchToUser("jacklord"));
Authentication switched = switchToUser("dano");
SwitchUserGrantedAuthority switchedFrom = null;
for (GrantedAuthority ga: switched.getAuthorities()) {
if (ga instanceof SwitchUserGrantedAuthority) {
switchedFrom = (SwitchUserGrantedAuthority)ga;
break;
}
}
assertSame(source, switchedFrom.getSource());
}
//~ Inner Classes ==================================================================================================