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Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack')
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/request_forgery_protection.rb | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/request_forgery_protection.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/request_forgery_protection.rb index 367b736035..a9d38b6660 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/request_forgery_protection.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/request_forgery_protection.rb @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # by including a token in the rendered HTML for your application. This token is # stored as a random string in the session, to which an attacker does not have # access. When a request reaches your application, \Rails verifies the received - # token with the token in the session. Only HTML and JavaScript requests are checked, - # so this will not protect your XML API (presumably you'll have a different - # authentication scheme there anyway). + # token with the token in the session. All requests are checked except GET requests + # as these should be idempotent. Keep in mind that all session-oriented requests + # should be CSRF protected, including Javascript and HTML requests. # # GET requests are not protected since they don't have side effects like writing # to the database and don't leak sensitive information. JavaScript requests are @@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # Ajax) requests are allowed to make GET requests for JavaScript responses. # # It's important to remember that XML or JSON requests are also affected and if - # you're building an API you'll need something like: + # you're building an API you should change forgery protection method in + # <tt>ApplicationController</tt> (by default: <tt>:exception</tt>): # # class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base # protect_from_forgery unless: -> { request.format.json? } # end # - # CSRF protection is turned on with the <tt>protect_from_forgery</tt> method, - # which checks the token and resets the session if it doesn't match what was expected. - # A call to this method is generated for new \Rails applications by default. + # CSRF protection is turned on with the <tt>protect_from_forgery</tt> method. + # By default <tt>protect_from_forgery</tt> protects your session with + # <tt>:null_session</tt> method, which provides an empty session during request # # The token parameter is named <tt>authenticity_token</tt> by default. The name and # value of this token must be added to every layout that renders forms by including |