fix(core): harden html-attribute allowlist with on* prefix block, data:text/html URI rejection

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Miguel Ángel
2026-05-20 17:21:37 -04:00
parent addc6ec9cd
commit 0224239268
2 changed files with 117 additions and 10 deletions
@@ -183,4 +183,68 @@ describe("patchElementInHtml", () => {
expect(result).not.toContain("srcdoc");
expect(result).not.toContain("formaction");
});
it("rejects on* event handlers regardless of casing", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "onClick", value: "alert(1)" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "ONERROR", value: "alert(2)" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "onmouseover", value: "alert(3)" },
]);
expect(result).not.toContain("alert");
});
it("rejects data:text/html URIs in src", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{
type: "html-attribute",
property: "src",
value: "data:text/html,<script>alert(1)</script>",
},
]);
expect(result).not.toContain("data:text/html");
});
it("allows safe href values", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "href", value: "https://example.com" },
]);
expect(result).toContain('href="https://example.com"');
});
it("rejects javascript: in href", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "href", value: "javascript:alert(1)" },
]);
expect(result).not.toContain("javascript:");
});
it("allows legitimate form and media attributes", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "placeholder", value: "Enter text" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "target", value: "_blank" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "rel", value: "noopener" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "srcset", value: "img-2x.png 2x" },
]);
expect(result).toContain('placeholder="Enter text"');
expect(result).toContain('target="_blank"');
expect(result).toContain('rel="noopener"');
expect(result).toContain("srcset");
});
it("rejects unknown/dangerous attributes", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "xmlns", value: "http://evil.com" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "background", value: "http://evil.com/bg.js" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "dynsrc", value: "http://evil.com/vid.avi" },
]);
expect(result).not.toContain("xmlns");
expect(result).not.toContain("background=");
expect(result).not.toContain("dynsrc");
});
});
@@ -67,23 +67,36 @@ export interface PatchOperation {
}
const ALLOWED_HTML_ATTRS = new Set([
// Identity & structure
"id",
"class",
"style",
"title",
"name",
"for",
"type",
// Internationalization
"lang",
"dir",
"translate",
// Interaction
"hidden",
"tabindex",
"role",
"slot",
"translate",
"draggable",
"contenteditable",
"width",
"height",
// Accessibility
"role",
"slot",
// Links & navigation
"href",
"target",
"rel",
// Media
"src",
"srcset",
"sizes",
"alt",
"poster",
"loading",
"decoding",
"crossorigin",
@@ -92,23 +105,53 @@ const ALLOWED_HTML_ATTRS = new Set([
"loop",
"muted",
"controls",
"poster",
"playsinline",
// Layout
"width",
"height",
"colspan",
"rowspan",
"scope",
// Form
"placeholder",
"value",
"min",
"max",
"step",
"pattern",
"required",
"disabled",
"readonly",
"checked",
"selected",
"multiple",
"accept",
"maxlength",
"minlength",
"rows",
"cols",
"wrap",
]);
const DANGEROUS_URI_SCHEMES = /^(?:javascript|vbscript):/i;
const DANGEROUS_DATA_URI = /^data\s*:\s*text\/html/i;
function isAllowedHtmlAttribute(name: string): boolean {
const lower = name.toLowerCase();
if (lower.startsWith("on")) return false;
if (ALLOWED_HTML_ATTRS.has(lower)) return true;
if (lower.startsWith("data-")) return true;
if (lower.startsWith("aria-")) return true;
return false;
}
const URI_ATTRS = new Set(["src", "href", "action", "formaction", "poster", "srcset"]);
function isSafeAttributeValue(name: string, value: string): boolean {
const lower = name.toLowerCase();
if (lower === "src" || lower === "href" || lower === "action" || lower === "formaction") {
const trimmed = value.trim().toLowerCase();
if (trimmed.startsWith("javascript:") || trimmed.startsWith("vbscript:")) return false;
if (URI_ATTRS.has(name.toLowerCase())) {
const trimmed = value.trim();
if (DANGEROUS_URI_SCHEMES.test(trimmed)) return false;
if (DANGEROUS_DATA_URI.test(trimmed)) return false;
}
return true;
}