/**
* @name Template injection
* @description Tracks user-controlled values to an unescaped lodash template placeholder.
* @kind path-problem
* @problem.severity error
* @tags security
* @id js/examples/template-injection
*/
import javascript
/**
* Gets the name of an unescaped placeholder in a lodash template.
*
* For example, the string `"
<%= title %>
"` contains the placeholder "title".
*/
bindingset[s]
string getAPlaceholderInString(string s) {
result = s.regexpCapture(".*<%=\\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\\s*%>.*", 1)
}
module TemplateInjectionConfig implements DataFlow::ConfigSig {
predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node node) { node instanceof RemoteFlowSource }
predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node node) {
exists(DataFlow::CallNode call, string placeholder |
call = LodashUnderscore::member("template").getACall() and
placeholder = getAPlaceholderInString(call.getArgument(0).getStringValue()) and
node = call.getOptionArgument(1, placeholder)
)
}
}
module TemplateInjectionFlow = TaintTracking::Global;
import TemplateInjectionFlow::PathGraph
from TemplateInjectionFlow::PathNode source, TemplateInjectionFlow::PathNode sink
where TemplateInjectionFlow::flowPath(source, sink)
select sink.getNode(), source, sink,
"User-controlled value from $@ occurs unescaped in a lodash template.", source.getNode(), "here."