fix: allowlist html-attribute names to prevent stored XSS surface

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Miguel Ángel
2026-05-20 17:17:46 -04:00
parent a58a881d2e
commit addc6ec9cd
2 changed files with 86 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -146,4 +146,41 @@ describe("patchElementInHtml", () => {
expect(result).toMatch(/padding:\s*16px/);
});
it("rejects event handler attributes", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "onload", value: "fetch('/evil')" },
]);
expect(result).not.toContain("onload");
expect(result).not.toContain("fetch");
});
it("rejects javascript: URLs in src", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "src", value: "javascript:alert(1)" },
]);
expect(result).not.toContain("javascript:");
});
it("allows aria-* and data-* attributes", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "aria-label", value: "greeting" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "data-custom", value: "test" },
]);
expect(result).toContain('aria-label="greeting"');
expect(result).toContain('data-custom="test"');
});
it("rejects srcdoc and formaction attributes", () => {
const result = patchElementInHtml(FIXTURE, { id: "hero" }, [
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "srcdoc", value: "<script>alert(1)</script>" },
{ type: "html-attribute", property: "formaction", value: "javascript:void(0)" },
]);
expect(result).not.toContain("srcdoc");
expect(result).not.toContain("formaction");
});
});
@@ -66,6 +66,53 @@ export interface PatchOperation {
value: string | null;
}
const ALLOWED_HTML_ATTRS = new Set([
"id",
"class",
"style",
"title",
"lang",
"dir",
"hidden",
"tabindex",
"role",
"slot",
"translate",
"draggable",
"contenteditable",
"width",
"height",
"src",
"alt",
"loading",
"decoding",
"crossorigin",
"preload",
"autoplay",
"loop",
"muted",
"controls",
"poster",
"playsinline",
]);
function isAllowedHtmlAttribute(name: string): boolean {
const lower = name.toLowerCase();
if (ALLOWED_HTML_ATTRS.has(lower)) return true;
if (lower.startsWith("data-")) return true;
if (lower.startsWith("aria-")) return true;
return false;
}
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;
}
return true;
}
export function patchElementInHtml(
source: string,
target: SourceMutationTarget,
@@ -93,7 +140,9 @@ export function patchElementInHtml(
}
break;
case "html-attribute":
if (!isAllowedHtmlAttribute(op.property)) break;
if (op.value != null) {
if (!isSafeAttributeValue(op.property, op.value)) break;
htmlEl.setAttribute(op.property, op.value);
} else {
htmlEl.removeAttribute(op.property);