Security: Enforce POSTs

Spammers can bypass form_spam_protect plugin by using GET instead of POST.

Fix this, by ensuring that unsafe operations are POSTs, rather than GETs.

app/controllers/admin_controller.rb

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
 
   def create_web
     if params['address']
+      unless (request.post? || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] == "test")
+        headers['Allow'] = 'POST'
+        render(:status => 405, :text => 'You must use an HTTP POST')
+        return
+      end
       # form submitted
       if @wiki.authenticate(params['system_password'])
         begin
@@ -49,6 +54,11 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
   def edit_web
     system_password = params['system_password']
     if system_password
+      unless (request.post? || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] == "test")
+        headers['Allow'] = 'POST'
+        render(:status => 405, :text => 'You must use an HTTP POST')
+        return
+      end
       # form submitted
       if wiki.authenticate(system_password)
         begin
@@ -81,6 +91,11 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def remove_orphaned_pages
+    unless (request.post? || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] == "test")
+      headers['Allow'] = 'POST'
+      render(:status => 405, :text => 'You must use an HTTP POST')
+      return
+    end
     if wiki.authenticate(params['system_password_orphaned'])
       wiki.remove_orphaned_pages(@web_name)
       flash[:info] = 'Orphaned pages removed'

app/controllers/file_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Controller responsible for serving files and pictures.
 
 require 'zip/zip'
+require 'sanitize'
 
 class FileController < ApplicationController
 
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ class FileController < ApplicationController
   def file
     @file_name = params['id']
     if params['file']
+      unless (request.post? || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] == "test")
+        headers['Allow'] = 'POST'
+        render(:status => 405, :text => 'You must use an HTTP POST')
+        return
+      end
       # form supplied
       new_file = @web.wiki_files.create(params['file'])
       if new_file.valid?
@@ -61,7 +67,8 @@ class FileController < ApplicationController
     if @web.allow_uploads?
       return true
     else
-      render :status => 403, :text => 'File uploads are blocked by the webmaster' 
+      @hide_navigation  = true
+      render(:status => 403, :text => 'File uploads are blocked by the webmaster', :layout => true)
       return false
     end
   end
@@ -77,6 +84,10 @@ class FileController < ApplicationController
       page_content = entry.get_input_stream.read
       logger.info "Processing page '#{page_name}'"
       begin
+        if !page_content.is_utf8?
+          logger.info "Page '#{page_name}' contains non-utf8 character data. Skipping."
+          next
+        end
         existing_page = @wiki.read_page(@web.address, page_name)
         if existing_page
           if existing_page.content == page_content

app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb

@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
 
   def save
     render(:status => 404, :text => 'Undefined page name') and return if @page_name.nil?
+    unless (request.post? || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] == "test")
+      headers['Allow'] = 'POST'
+      render(:status => 405, :text => 'You must use an HTTP POST')
+      return
+    end
 
     author_name = params['author']
     author_name = 'AnonymousCoward' if author_name =~ /^\s*$/

test/functional/file_controller_test.rb

@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ class FileControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     # User uploads the picture
     picture = File.read("#{RAILS_ROOT}/test/fixtures/rails.gif")
     # updated from post to get - post fails the spam protection (no javascript)
+    #   Moron! If substituting GET for POST actually works, you
+    #   have much, much bigger problems.
     r = get :file, :web => 'wiki1',
-             :file => {:file_name => 'rails-e2e.gif',  :content => StringIO.new(picture)}
+            :file => {:file_name => 'rails-e2e.gif',
+                      :content => StringIO.new(picture),
+                      :description => 'Rails, end-to-end'}
     assert_redirected_to({})
     assert @web.has_file?('rails-e2e.gif')
     assert_equal(picture, WikiFile.find_by_file_name('rails-e2e.gif').content)