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Getting started with Java EE 8 MVC(7)-MVC Security

MVC Security

MVC has built-in some security features to protect pages, eg. CSRF protection.

CSRF protection

MVC has built-in CSRF protection, there is a Csrf interface.
  1. Configure Csrf in the Application class. Override the getProperties method.
    @Override
public Map<String, Object> getProperties() {
    Map<String, Object> props = new HashMap<>();

    props.put(Csrf.CSRF_PROTECTION, Csrf.CsrfOptions.EXPLICIT);

    //view folder
    //props.put(ViewEngine.DEFAULT_VIEW_FOLDER, ViewEngine.VIEW_FOLDER);
    return super.getProperties();
}
    And there are some options to configure CSRF via Csrf.CsrfOptions.
    • OFF to disable Csrf.
    • EXPLICIT to enable Csrf wtih annotation @CsrfValid on the Controller method.
    • IMPLICIT to enable Csrf autmaticially. No need @CsrfValid.
  2. Add annotation @CsrfValid on the Controller method.
    @POST
@CsrfValid
@ValidateOnExecution(type = ExecutableType.NONE)
public Response save(@Valid @BeanParam TaskForm form) {
}
  3. In the view, add hidden field to insert the Csrf value.
    <input type="hidden" name="${mvc.csrf.name}" value="${mvc.csrf.token}"/>
When you run the codes on Glassfish, in the view, the Csrf field looks like:
<input value="f3ca389f-efba-4f28-afe7-2a1e7231a238" name="X-Requested-By" type="hidden" />
Every request will generate a unique X-Requested-By value.
When the form is submitted, and it will be validated by MVC provider.

MvcContext

MvcContext interface includes the contextual data of MVC, such as context path, application path, etc. And also includes MVC security, such as Csrf and Encoders.
In the above section, we have used Csrf.
At the runtime environment, MvcContext is exposed by EL ${mvc} in the view.
  • ${mvc.contextPath} will get context path.
  • ${mvc.applicationPath} will get the application path declared in the Application class.
  • ${mvc.csrf.name} generate the Csrf token name.
  • ${mvc.csrf.token} generate the Csrf token value.
  • ${mvc.encoders.js(jsValue)} will escape the js scripts.
  • ${mvc.encoders.html(htmlValue)} will escape the html snippets.

Source Codes

  1. Clone the codes from my github.com account.
    https://github.com/hantsy/ee8-sandbox/
  2. Open the mvc project in NetBeans IDE.
  3. Run it on Glassfish.
  4. After it is deployed and runging on Glassfish application server, navigate http://localhost:8080/ee8-mvc/mvc/tasks in browser.
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