Configuration
How to configure CBSecurity
Security Settings
By default, the security module will register itself for you using the module configuration settings you define in theconfig/ColdBox.cfc. You can create a cbsecurity key in the modulesettings or if you are in ColdBox 7 you can create a config/modules/cbsecurity.cfc as well.
Here you can see how to configure CBSecurity, but you can also navigate to the different configuration sections for an in-depth overview of those settings:
🔏Authentication🥸Basic Auth🙈CSRF🌐JWT🧱Firewall☢️Security Headers🔬VisualizerColdBox Config
config/Coldbox.cfc
// Module Settings
moduleSettings = {
cbauth = {
// This is the path to your user object that contains the credential validation methods
userServiceClass = ""
},
cbsecurity = {
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Authentication Services
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Here you will configure which service is in charge of providing authentication for your application.
* By default we leverage the cbauth module which expects you to connect it to a database via your own User Service.
*
* Available authentication providers:
* - cbauth : Leverages your own UserService that determines authentication and user retrieval
* - basicAuth : Leverages basic authentication and basic in-memory user registration in our configuration
* - custom : Any other service that adheres to our IAuthService interface
*/
authentication : {
// The WireBox ID of the authentication service to use which must adhere to the cbsecurity.interfaces.IAuthService interface.
"provider" : "authenticationService@cbauth",
// WireBox ID of the user service to use when leveraging user authentication, we default this to whatever is set
// by cbauth or basic authentication. (Optional)
"userService" : "",
// The name of the variable to use to store an authenticated user in prc scope on all incoming authenticated requests
"prcUserVariable" : "oCurrentUser"
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Basic Auth
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* These settings are used so you can configure the hashing patterns of the user storage
* included with cbsecurity. These are only used if you are using the `BasicAuthUserService` as
* your service of choice alongside the `BasicAuthValidator`
*/
basicAuth : {
// Hashing algorithm to use
hashAlgorithm : "SHA-512",
// Iterates the number of times the hash is computed to create a more computationally intensive hash.
hashIterations : 5,
// User storage: The `key` is the username. The value is the user credentials that can include
// { roles: "", permissions : "", firstName : "", lastName : "", password : "" }
users : {}
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* CSRF - Cross Site Request Forgery Settings
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* These settings configures the cbcsrf module. Look at the module configuration for more information
*/
csrf : {
// By default we load up an interceptor that verifies all non-GET incoming requests against the token validations
enableAutoVerifier : false,
// A list of events to exclude from csrf verification, regex allowed: e.g. stripe\..*
verifyExcludes : [],
// By default, all csrf tokens have a life-span of 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, they expire and we aut-generate new ones.
// If you do not want expiring tokens, then set this value to 0
rotationTimeout : 30,
// Enable the /cbcsrf/generate endpoint to generate cbcsrf tokens for secured users.
enableEndpoint : false,
// The WireBox mapping to use for the CacheStorage
cacheStorage : "CacheStorage@cbstorages",
// Enable/Disable the cbAuth login/logout listener in order to rotate keys
enableAuthTokenRotator : true
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Firewall Settings
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The firewall is used to block/check access on incoming requests via security rules or via annotation on handler actions.
* Here you can configure the operation of the firewall and especially what Validator will be in charge of verifying authentication/authorization
* during a matched request.
*/
firewall : {
// Auto load the global security firewall automatically, else you can load it a-la-carte via the `Security` interceptor
"autoLoadFirewall" : true,
// The Global validator is an object that will validate the firewall rules and annotations and provide feedback on either authentication or authorization issues.
"validator" : "CBAuthValidator@cbsecurity",
// Activate handler/action based annotation security
"handlerAnnotationSecurity" : true,
// The global invalid authentication event or URI or URL to go if an invalid authentication occurs
"invalidAuthenticationEvent" : "",
// Default Auhtentication Action: override or redirect when a user has not logged in
"defaultAuthenticationAction" : "redirect",
// The global invalid authorization event or URI or URL to go if an invalid authorization occurs
"invalidAuthorizationEvent" : "",
// Default Authorization Action: override or redirect when a user does not have enough permissions to access something
"defaultAuthorizationAction" : "redirect",
// Firewall database event logs.
"logs" : {
"enabled" : false,
"dsn" : "",
"schema" : "",
"table" : "cbsecurity_logs",
"autoCreate" : true
},
// Firewall Rules, this can be a struct of detailed configuration
// or a simple array of inline rules
"rules" : {
// Use regular expression matching on the rule match types
"useRegex" : true,
// Force SSL for all relocations
"useSSL" : false,
// A collection of default name-value pairs to add to ALL rules
// This way you can add global roles, permissions, redirects, etc
"defaults" : {},
// You can store all your rules in this inline array
"inline" : [],
// If you don't store the rules inline, then you can use a provider to load the rules
// The source can be a json file, an xml file, model, db
// Each provider can have it's appropriate properties as well. Please see the documentation for each provider.
"provider" : { "source" : "", "properties" : {} }
}
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Security Visualizer
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* This is a debugging panel that when active, a developer can visualize security settings and more.
* You can use the `securityRule` to define what rule you want to use to secure the visualizer but make sure the `secured` flag is turned to true.
* You don't have to specify the `secureList` key, we will do that for you.
*/
visualizer : {
"enabled" : false,
"secured" : false,
"securityRule" : {}
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Security Headers
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* This section is the way to configure cbsecurity for header detection, inspection and setting for common
* security exploits like XSS, ClickJacking, Host Spoofing, IP Spoofing, Non SSL usage, HSTS and much more.
*/
securityHeaders : {
// Master switch for security headers
"enabled" : true,
// If you trust the upstream then we will check the upstream first for specific headers
"trustUpstream" : false,
// Content Security Policy
// Content Security Policy (CSP) is an added layer of security that helps to detect and mitigate certain types of attacks,
// including Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and data injection attacks. These attacks are used for everything from data theft, to
// site defacement, to malware distribution.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP
"contentSecurityPolicy" : {
// Disabled by defautl as it is totally customizable
"enabled" : false,
// The custom policy to use, by default we don't include any
"policy" : ""
},
// The X-Content-Type-Options response HTTP header is a marker used by the server to indicate that the MIME types advertised in
// the Content-Type headers should be followed and not be changed => X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options
"contentTypeOptions" : { "enabled" : true },
"customHeaders" : {
// Name : value pairs as you see fit.
},
// Disable Click jacking: X-Frame-Options: DENY OR SAMEORIGIN
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options
"frameOptions" : { "enabled" : true, "value" : "SAMEORIGIN" },
// HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
// The HTTP Strict-Transport-Security response header (often abbreviated as HSTS)
// informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS, and that any future attempts to access it
// using HTTP should automatically be converted to HTTPS.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security,
"hsts" : {
"enabled" : true,
// The time, in seconds, that the browser should remember that a site is only to be accessed using HTTPS, 1 year is the default
"max-age" : "31536000",
// See Preloading Strict Transport Security for details. Not part of the specification.
"preload" : false,
// If this optional parameter is specified, this rule applies to all of the site's subdomains as well.
"includeSubDomains" : false
},
// Validates the host or x-forwarded-host to an allowed list of valid hosts
"hostHeaderValidation" : {
"enabled" : false,
// Allowed hosts list
"allowedHosts" : ""
},
// Validates the ip address of the incoming request
"ipValidation" : {
"enabled" : false,
// Allowed IP list
"allowedIPs" : ""
},
// The Referrer-Policy HTTP header controls how much referrer information (sent with the Referer header) should be included with requests.
// Aside from the HTTP header, you can set this policy in HTML.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy
"referrerPolicy" : { "enabled" : true, "policy" : "same-origin" },
// Detect if the incoming requests are NON-SSL and if enabled, redirect with SSL
"secureSSLRedirects" : { "enabled" : false },
// Some browsers have built in support for filtering out reflected XSS attacks. Not foolproof, but it assists in XSS protection.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection,
// X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
"xssProtection" : { "enabled" : true, "mode" : "block" }
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Json Web Tokens Settings
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Here you can configure the JWT services for operation and storage. In order for your firewall
* to leverage JWT authentication/authorization you must make sure you use the `JwtAuthValidator` as your
* validator of choice; either globally or at the module level.
*/
jwt : {
// The issuer authority for the tokens, placed in the `iss` claim
"issuer" : "",
// The jwt secret encoding key, defaults to getSystemEnv( "JWT_SECRET", "" )
"secretKey" : getSystemSetting( "JWT_SECRET", "" ),
// by default it uses the authorization bearer header, but you can also pass a custom one as well.
"customAuthHeader" : "x-auth-token",
// The expiration in minutes for the jwt tokens
"expiration" : 60,
// If true, enables refresh tokens, longer lived tokens (not implemented yet)
"enableRefreshTokens" : false,
// The default expiration for refresh tokens, defaults to 30 days
"refreshExpiration" : 10080,
// The Custom header to inspect for refresh tokens
"customRefreshHeader" : "x-refresh-token",
// If enabled, the JWT validator will inspect the request for refresh tokens and expired access tokens
// It will then automatically refresh them for you and return them back as
// response headers in the same request according to the customRefreshHeader and customAuthHeader
"enableAutoRefreshValidator" : false,
// Enable the POST > /cbsecurity/refreshtoken API endpoint
"enableRefreshEndpoint" : true,
// encryption algorithm to use, valid algorithms are: HS256, HS384, and HS512
"algorithm" : "HS512",
// Which claims neds to be present on the jwt token or `TokenInvalidException` upon verification and decoding
"requiredClaims" : [] ,
// The token storage settings
"tokenStorage" : {
// enable or not, default is true
"enabled" : true,
// A cache key prefix to use when storing the tokens
"keyPrefix" : "cbjwt_",
// The driver to use: db, cachebox or a WireBox ID
"driver" : "cachebox",
// Driver specific properties
"properties" : {
"cacheName" : "default"
}
}
}
};ColdBox 7 Config
In ColdBox 7 you can segregate module configurations so they are more manageable and have their own identity. Just create a config/modules/cbsecurity.cfc with a nice configure() method:
config/cmo
component{
function configure(){
return {
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Authentication Services
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Here you will configure which service is in charge of providing authentication for your application.
* By default we leverage the cbauth module which expects you to connect it to a database via your own User Service.
*
* Available authentication providers:
* - cbauth : Leverages your own UserService that determines authentication and user retrieval
* - basicAuth : Leverages basic authentication and basic in-memory user registration in our configuration
* - custom : Any other service that adheres to our IAuthService interface
*/
authentication : {
// The WireBox ID of the authentication service to use which must adhere to the cbsecurity.interfaces.IAuthService interface.
"provider" : "authenticationService@cbauth",
// WireBox ID of the user service to use when leveraging user authentication, we default this to whatever is set
// by cbauth or basic authentication. (Optional)
"userService" : "",
// The name of the variable to use to store an authenticated user in prc scope on all incoming authenticated requests
"prcUserVariable" : "oCurrentUser"
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Basic Auth
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* These settings are used so you can configure the hashing patterns of the user storage
* included with cbsecurity. These are only used if you are using the `BasicAuthUserService` as
* your service of choice alongside the `BasicAuthValidator`
*/
basicAuth : {
// Hashing algorithm to use
hashAlgorithm : "SHA-512",
// Iterates the number of times the hash is computed to create a more computationally intensive hash.
hashIterations : 5,
// User storage: The `key` is the username. The value is the user credentials that can include
// { roles: "", permissions : "", firstName : "", lastName : "", password : "" }
users : {}
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* CSRF - Cross Site Request Forgery Settings
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* These settings configures the cbcsrf module. Look at the module configuration for more information
*/
csrf : {
// By default we load up an interceptor that verifies all non-GET incoming requests against the token validations
enableAutoVerifier : false,
// A list of events to exclude from csrf verification, regex allowed: e.g. stripe\..*
verifyExcludes : [],
// By default, all csrf tokens have a life-span of 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, they expire and we aut-generate new ones.
// If you do not want expiring tokens, then set this value to 0
rotationTimeout : 30,
// Enable the /cbcsrf/generate endpoint to generate cbcsrf tokens for secured users.
enableEndpoint : false,
// The WireBox mapping to use for the CacheStorage
cacheStorage : "CacheStorage@cbstorages",
// Enable/Disable the cbAuth login/logout listener in order to rotate keys
enableAuthTokenRotator : true
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Firewall Settings
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The firewall is used to block/check access on incoming requests via security rules or via annotation on handler actions.
* Here you can configure the operation of the firewall and especially what Validator will be in charge of verifying authentication/authorization
* during a matched request.
*/
firewall : {
// Auto load the global security firewall automatically, else you can load it a-la-carte via the `Security` interceptor
"autoLoadFirewall" : true,
// The Global validator is an object that will validate the firewall rules and annotations and provide feedback on either authentication or authorization issues.
"validator" : "CBAuthValidator@cbsecurity",
// Activate handler/action based annotation security
"handlerAnnotationSecurity" : true,
// The global invalid authentication event or URI or URL to go if an invalid authentication occurs
"invalidAuthenticationEvent" : "",
// Default Auhtentication Action: override or redirect when a user has not logged in
"defaultAuthenticationAction" : "redirect",
// The global invalid authorization event or URI or URL to go if an invalid authorization occurs
"invalidAuthorizationEvent" : "",
// Default Authorization Action: override or redirect when a user does not have enough permissions to access something
"defaultAuthorizationAction" : "redirect",
// Firewall database event logs.
"logs" : {
"enabled" : false,
"dsn" : "",
"schema" : "",
"table" : "cbsecurity_logs",
"autoCreate" : true
},
// Firewall Rules, this can be a struct of detailed configuration
// or a simple array of inline rules
"rules" : {
// Use regular expression matching on the rule match types
"useRegex" : true,
// Force SSL for all relocations
"useSSL" : false,
// A collection of default name-value pairs to add to ALL rules
// This way you can add global roles, permissions, redirects, etc
"defaults" : {},
// You can store all your rules in this inline array
"inline" : [],
// If you don't store the rules inline, then you can use a provider to load the rules
// The source can be a json file, an xml file, model, db
// Each provider can have it's appropriate properties as well. Please see the documentation for each provider.
"provider" : { "source" : "", "properties" : {} }
}
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Security Visualizer
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* This is a debugging panel that when active, a developer can visualize security settings and more.
* You can use the `securityRule` to define what rule you want to use to secure the visualizer but make sure the `secured` flag is turned to true.
* You don't have to specify the `secureList` key, we will do that for you.
*/
visualizer : {
"enabled" : false,
"secured" : false,
"securityRule" : {}
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Security Headers
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* This section is the way to configure cbsecurity for header detection, inspection and setting for common
* security exploits like XSS, ClickJacking, Host Spoofing, IP Spoofing, Non SSL usage, HSTS and much more.
*/
securityHeaders : {
// Master switch for security headers
"enabled" : true,
// If you trust the upstream then we will check the upstream first for specific headers
"trustUpstream" : false,
// Content Security Policy
// Content Security Policy (CSP) is an added layer of security that helps to detect and mitigate certain types of attacks,
// including Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and data injection attacks. These attacks are used for everything from data theft, to
// site defacement, to malware distribution.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP
"contentSecurityPolicy" : {
// Disabled by defautl as it is totally customizable
"enabled" : false,
// The custom policy to use, by default we don't include any
"policy" : ""
},
// The X-Content-Type-Options response HTTP header is a marker used by the server to indicate that the MIME types advertised in
// the Content-Type headers should be followed and not be changed => X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options
"contentTypeOptions" : { "enabled" : true },
"customHeaders" : {
// Name : value pairs as you see fit.
},
// Disable Click jacking: X-Frame-Options: DENY OR SAMEORIGIN
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options
"frameOptions" : { "enabled" : true, "value" : "SAMEORIGIN" },
// HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
// The HTTP Strict-Transport-Security response header (often abbreviated as HSTS)
// informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS, and that any future attempts to access it
// using HTTP should automatically be converted to HTTPS.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security,
"hsts" : {
"enabled" : true,
// The time, in seconds, that the browser should remember that a site is only to be accessed using HTTPS, 1 year is the default
"max-age" : "31536000",
// See Preloading Strict Transport Security for details. Not part of the specification.
"preload" : false,
// If this optional parameter is specified, this rule applies to all of the site's subdomains as well.
"includeSubDomains" : false
},
// Validates the host or x-forwarded-host to an allowed list of valid hosts
"hostHeaderValidation" : {
"enabled" : false,
// Allowed hosts list
"allowedHosts" : ""
},
// Validates the ip address of the incoming request
"ipValidation" : {
"enabled" : false,
// Allowed IP list
"allowedIPs" : ""
},
// The Referrer-Policy HTTP header controls how much referrer information (sent with the Referer header) should be included with requests.
// Aside from the HTTP header, you can set this policy in HTML.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy
"referrerPolicy" : { "enabled" : true, "policy" : "same-origin" },
// Detect if the incoming requests are NON-SSL and if enabled, redirect with SSL
"secureSSLRedirects" : { "enabled" : false },
// Some browsers have built in support for filtering out reflected XSS attacks. Not foolproof, but it assists in XSS protection.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection,
// X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
"xssProtection" : { "enabled" : true, "mode" : "block" }
},
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Json Web Tokens Settings
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Here you can configure the JWT services for operation and storage. In order for your firewall
* to leverage JWT authentication/authorization you must make sure you use the `JwtAuthValidator` as your
* validator of choice; either globally or at the module level.
*/
jwt : {
// The issuer authority for the tokens, placed in the `iss` claim
"issuer" : "",
// The jwt secret encoding key, defaults to getSystemEnv( "JWT_SECRET", "" )
"secretKey" : getSystemSetting( "JWT_SECRET", "" ),
// by default it uses the authorization bearer header, but you can also pass a custom one as well.
"customAuthHeader" : "x-auth-token",
// The expiration in minutes for the jwt tokens
"expiration" : 60,
// If true, enables refresh tokens, longer lived tokens (not implemented yet)
"enableRefreshTokens" : false,
// The default expiration for refresh tokens, defaults to 30 days
"refreshExpiration" : 10080,
// The Custom header to inspect for refresh tokens
"customRefreshHeader" : "x-refresh-token",
// If enabled, the JWT validator will inspect the request for refresh tokens and expired access tokens
// It will then automatically refresh them for you and return them back as
// response headers in the same request according to the customRefreshHeader and customAuthHeader
"enableAutoRefreshValidator" : false,
// Enable the POST > /cbsecurity/refreshtoken API endpoint
"enableRefreshEndpoint" : true,
// encryption algorithm to use, valid algorithms are: HS256, HS384, and HS512
"algorithm" : "HS512",
// Which claims neds to be present on the jwt token or `TokenInvalidException` upon verification and decoding
"requiredClaims" : [] ,
// The token storage settings
"tokenStorage" : {
// enable or not, default is true
"enabled" : true,
// A cache key prefix to use when storing the tokens
"keyPrefix" : "cbjwt_",
// The driver to use: db, cachebox or a WireBox ID
"driver" : "cachebox",
// Driver specific properties
"properties" : {
"cacheName" : "default"
}
}
};
}
}Module Settings
Each module can also have its own CBSecurity settings which override or collaborate with the global settings. So what can a module do:
Have its own validator
Have its own security rules
Have its own invalid authentication event and action
Have its own invalid authorization event and action
You will create a cbsecurity struct within the module's settings struct in the ModuleConfig.cfc
module/ModuleConfig.cfc
settings = {
// CB Security Module Settings
cbsecurity : {
firewall : {
// Module Relocation when an invalid access is detected, instead of each rule declaring one.
"invalidAuthenticationEvent" : "api:Home.onInvalidAuth",
// Default Auhtentication Action: override or redirect when a user has not logged in
"defaultAuthenticationAction" : "override",
// Module override event when an invalid access is detected, instead of each rule declaring one.
"invalidAuthorizationEvent" : "api:Home.onInvalidAuthorization",
// Default invalid action: override or redirect when an invalid access is detected, default is to redirect
"defaultAuthorizationAction" : "override",
// The validator to use for this module
"validator" : "JWTService@cbsecurity",
// Inline rules
"rules" : [ { "secureList" : "api:Secure\.*" } ]
// Full rules
// or a simple array of inline rules
"rules" : {
// Use regular expression matching on the rule match types
"useRegex" : true,
// Force SSL for all relocations
"useSSL" : false,
// A collection of default name-value pairs to add to ALL rules
// This way you can add global roles, permissions, redirects, etc
"defaults" : {},
// You can store all your rules in this inline array
"inline" : [],
// If you don't store the rules inline, then you can use a provider to load the rules
// The source can be a json file, an xml file, model, db
// Each provider can have it's appropriate properties as well. Please see the documentation for each provider.
"provider" : { "source" : "", "properties" : {} }
}
}
}
}Please note that a module's security rules will be PREPENDED to the global rules
Loading/Unloading
Also note that if modules are loaded dynamically, it will still inspect them and register them if cbsecurity settings are found. The same goes for unloading, the entire security rules for that module will cease to exist.
Last updated