+
+
+
+
+ A server can send the
+ "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials" CORS header to control
+ when a browser may send user credentials in Cross-Origin HTTP
+ requests.
+
+
+
+
+ When the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials header
+ is "true", the Access-Control-Allow-Origin
+ header must have a value different from "*" in order to
+ make browsers accept the header. Therefore, to allow multiple origins
+ for Cross-Origin requests with credentials, the server must
+ dynamically compute the value of the
+ "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" header. Computing this
+ header value from information in the request to the server can
+ therefore potentially allow an attacker to control the origins that
+ the browser sends credentials to.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ When the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials header
+ value is "true", a dynamic computation of the
+ Access-Control-Allow-Origin header must involve
+ sanitization if it relies on user-controlled input.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Since the "null" origin is easy to obtain for an
+ attacker, it is never safe to use "null" as the value of
+ the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header when the
+ Access-Control-Allow-Credentials header value is
+ "true".
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ In the example below, the server allows the browser to send
+ user credentials in a Cross-Origin request. The request header
+ origins controls the allowed origins for such a
+ Cross-Origin request.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ This is not secure, since an attacker can choose the value of
+ the origin request header to make the browser send
+ credentials to their own server. The use of a allowlist containing
+ allowed origins for the Cross-Origin request fixes the issue:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Mozilla Developer Network: CORS, Access-Control-Allow-Origin.
+ Mozilla Developer Network: CORS, Access-Control-Allow-Credentials.
+ PortSwigger: Exploiting CORS Misconfigurations for Bitcoins and Bounties
+ W3C: CORS for developers, Advice for Resource Owners
+
+
diff --git a/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/CorsMisconfiguration.ql b/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/CorsMisconfiguration.ql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f75a4e7787a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/CorsMisconfiguration.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/**
+ * @name CORS misconfiguration
+ * @description Keeping an open CORS policy may result in security issues as third party website may be able to
+ * access other websites.
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @security-severity 7.5
+ * @precision high
+ * @id cs/web/cors-misconfiguration
+ * @tags security
+ * external/cwe/cwe-942
+ */
+
+import csharp
+private import DataFlow
+import semmle.code.csharp.frameworks.system.Web
+
+/**
+ * Holds if SetIsOriginAllowed always returns true. This sets the Access-Control-Allow-Origin to the requester
+ */
+private predicate functionAlwaysReturnsTrue(MethodCall mc) {
+ mc.getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsPolicyBuilder",
+ "SetIsOriginAllowed") and
+ alwaysReturnsTrue(mc.getArgument(0))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds if `c` always returns `true`.
+ */
+private predicate alwaysReturnsTrue(Callable c) {
+ forex(ReturnStmt rs | rs.getEnclosingCallable() = c |
+ rs.getExpr().(BoolLiteral).getBoolValue() = true
+ )
+ or
+ c.getBody().(BoolLiteral).getBoolValue() = true
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds if the application uses a vulnerable CORS policy.
+ */
+private predicate hasDangerousOrigins(MethodCall m) {
+ m.getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsPolicyBuilder",
+ "WithOrigins") and
+ m.getAnArgument().getValue() = ["null", "*"]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds if the application allows an origin using "*" origin.
+ */
+private predicate allowAnyOrigin(MethodCall m) {
+ m.getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsPolicyBuilder",
+ "AllowAnyOrigin")
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds if UseCors is called with the revlevant cors policy
+ */
+private predicate configIsUsed(MethodCall add_policy) {
+ exists(MethodCall uc |
+ uc.getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.CorsMiddlewareExtensions", "UseCors") and
+ (
+ uc.getArgument(1).getValue() = add_policy.getArgument(0).getValue() or
+ localFlow(DataFlow::exprNode(add_policy.getArgument(0)), DataFlow::exprNode(uc.getArgument(1)))
+ )
+ )
+}
+
+from MethodCall add_policy, MethodCall m
+where
+ (
+ add_policy
+ .getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsOptions", "AddPolicy") and
+ add_policy.getArgument(1) = m.getParent*() and
+ configIsUsed(add_policy)
+ or
+ add_policy
+ .getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsOptions",
+ "AddDefaultPolicy") and
+ add_policy.getArgument(0) = m.getParent*()
+ ) and
+ (hasDangerousOrigins(m) or allowAnyOrigin(m) or functionAlwaysReturnsTrue(m))
+select add_policy, "The following CORS policy may be vulnerable to 3rd party websites"
diff --git a/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/CorsMisconfigurationCredentials.ql b/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/CorsMisconfigurationCredentials.ql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1dc4e4cb98d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/CorsMisconfigurationCredentials.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/**
+ * @name Credentialed CORS Misconfiguration
+ * @description Allowing any origin while allowing credentials may result in security issues as third party website may be able to
+ * access private resources.
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @security-severity 7.5
+ * @precision high
+ * @id cs/web/cors-misconfiguration
+ * @tags security
+ * external/cwe/cwe-942
+ */
+
+import csharp
+private import DataFlow
+import semmle.code.csharp.frameworks.system.Web
+
+/**
+ * Holds if credentials are allowed
+ */
+private predicate allowsCredentials(MethodCall credentials) {
+ credentials
+ .getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsPolicyBuilder",
+ "AllowCredentials")
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds if SetIsOriginAllowed always returns true. This sets the Access-Control-Allow-Origin to the requester
+ */
+private predicate functionAlwaysReturnsTrue(MethodCall mc) {
+ mc.getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsPolicyBuilder",
+ "SetIsOriginAllowed") and
+ alwaysReturnsTrue(mc.getArgument(0))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds if `c` always returns `true`.
+ */
+private predicate alwaysReturnsTrue(Callable c) {
+ forex(ReturnStmt rs | rs.getEnclosingCallable() = c |
+ rs.getExpr().(BoolLiteral).getBoolValue() = true
+ )
+ or
+ c.getBody().(BoolLiteral).getBoolValue() = true
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds if UseCors is called with the revlevant cors policy
+ */
+private predicate configIsUsed(MethodCall add_policy) {
+ exists(MethodCall uc |
+ uc.getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.CorsMiddlewareExtensions", "UseCors") and
+ (
+ uc.getArgument(1).getValue() = add_policy.getArgument(0).getValue() or
+ uc.getArgument(1).(VariableAccess).getTarget() =
+ add_policy.getArgument(0).(VariableAccess).getTarget() or
+ localFlow(DataFlow::exprNode(add_policy.getArgument(0)), DataFlow::exprNode(uc.getArgument(1)))
+ )
+ )
+}
+
+from MethodCall add_policy, MethodCall m, MethodCall allowsCredentials
+where
+ (
+ add_policy
+ .getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsOptions", "AddPolicy") and
+ add_policy.getArgument(1) = m.getParent*() and
+ configIsUsed(add_policy) and
+ add_policy.getArgument(1) = allowsCredentials.getParent*()
+ or
+ add_policy
+ .getTarget()
+ .hasFullyQualifiedName("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure.CorsOptions",
+ "AddDefaultPolicy") and
+ add_policy.getArgument(0) = m.getParent*() and
+ add_policy.getArgument(0) = allowsCredentials.getParent*()
+ ) and
+ (allowsCredentials(allowsCredentials) and functionAlwaysReturnsTrue(m))
+select add_policy,
+ "The following CORS policy may allow credentialed requests from 3rd party websites"
diff --git a/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/examples/CORSBad.cs b/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/examples/CORSBad.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..214dbcd5263e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csharp/ql/src/experimental/CWE-942/examples/CORSBad.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using Leaf.Middlewares;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace Leaf
+{
+ public class Startup
+ {
+ public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
+ {
+ Configuration = configuration;
+ }
+
+ public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }
+
+ // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
+ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
+ {
+ services.AddControllers();
+ //services.AddTransient