JS: Add implied receiver steps

javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/Configuration.qll

@@ -806,6 +806,10 @@ private predicate basicFlowStepNoBarrier(
   callStep(pred, succ) and
   summary = PathSummary::call()
   or
+  // Implied receiver flow
+  CallGraph::impliedReceiverStep(pred, succ) and
+  summary = PathSummary::call()
+  or
   // Flow out of function
   returnStep(pred, succ) and
   summary = PathSummary::return()

javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/CallGraphs.qll

@@ -241,22 +241,26 @@ module CallGraph {
     )
   }
 
-  private predicate shouldTrackObjectWithMethods(DataFlow::SourceNode node) {
+  private DataFlow::FunctionNode getAMethodOnPlainObject(DataFlow::SourceNode node) {
     (
       (
         node instanceof DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode
         or
         node instanceof DataFlow::FunctionNode
       ) and
-      node.getAPropertySource() instanceof DataFlow::FunctionNode
+      result = node.getAPropertySource()
       or
-      exists(node.(DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode).getPropertyGetter(_))
+      result = node.(DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode).getPropertyGetter(_)
       or
-      exists(node.(DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode).getPropertySetter(_))
+      result = node.(DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode).getPropertySetter(_)
     ) and
     not node.getTopLevel().isExterns()
   }
 
+  private predicate shouldTrackObjectWithMethods(DataFlow::SourceNode node) {
+    exists(getAMethodOnPlainObject(node))
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets a step summary for tracking object literals.
    *
@@ -273,4 +277,22 @@ module CallGraph {
     or
     StepSummary::step(getAnAllocationSiteRef(node), result, objectWithMethodsStep())
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if `pred` is assumed to flow to `succ` because a method is stored on an object that is assumed
+   * to be the receiver of calls to that method.
+   *
+   * For example, object literal below is assumed to flow to the receiver of the `foo` function:
+   * ```js
+   * let obj = {};
+   * obj.foo = function() {}
+   * ```
+   */
+  cached
+  predicate impliedReceiverStep(DataFlow::SourceNode pred, DataFlow::SourceNode succ) {
+    exists(DataFlow::SourceNode host |
+      pred = getAnAllocationSiteRef(host) and
+      succ = getAMethodOnPlainObject(host).getReceiver()
+    )
+  }
 }

javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/StepSummary.qll

@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ private module Cached {
     DataFlow::localFieldStep(pred, succ) and
     summary = LevelStep()
     or
+    // Implied flow of host object into 'this' of a method
+    CallGraph::impliedReceiverStep(pred, succ) and
+    summary = CallStep()
+    or
     exists(string prop |
       basicStoreStep(pred, succ, prop) and
       summary = StoreStep(prop)