[server/shortUrl] filter out invalid target urls

src/server/http/__tests__/short_url_assert_valid.js

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import Boom from 'boom';
+
+import { shortUrlAssertValid } from '../short_url_assert_valid';
+
+
+describe('shortUrlAssertValid()', () => {
+  const invalid = [
+    ['protocol', 'http://localhost:5601/app/kibana'],
+    ['protocol', 'https://localhost:5601/app/kibana'],
+    ['protocol', 'mailto:[email protected]'],
+    ['protocol', 'javascript:alert("hi")'], // eslint-disable-line no-script-url
+    ['hostname', 'localhost/app/kibana'],
+    ['hostname and port', 'local.host:5601/app/kibana'],
+    ['hostname and auth', 'user:[email protected]/app/kibana'],
+    ['path traversal', '/app/../../not-kibana'],
+    ['deep path', '/app/kibana/foo'],
+    ['deep path', '/app/kibana/foo/bar'],
+    ['base path', '/base/app/kibana'],
+  ];
+
+  invalid.forEach(([desc, url]) => {
+    it(`fails when url has ${desc}`, () => {
+      try {
+        shortUrlAssertValid(url);
+        throw new Error(`expected assertion to throw`);
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (!err || !err.isBoom) {
+          throw err;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  const valid = [
+    '/app/kibana',
+    '/app/monitoring#angular/route',
+    '/app/text#document-id',
+    '/app/some?with=query',
+    '/app/some?with=query#and-a-hash',
+  ];
+
+  valid.forEach(url => {
+    it(`allows ${url}`, () => {
+      shortUrlAssertValid(url);
+    });
+  });
+
+});

src/server/http/index.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import HapiStaticFiles from 'inert';
 import HapiProxy from 'h2o2';
 import getDefaultRoute from './get_default_route';
 import versionCheckMixin from './version_check';
+import { shortUrlAssertValid } from './short_url_assert_valid';
 
 module.exports = async function (kbnServer, server, config) {
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ module.exports = async function (kbnServer, server, config) {
     handler: async function (request, reply) {
       try {
         const url = await shortUrlLookup.getUrl(request.params.urlId);
+        shortUrlAssertValid(url);
         reply().redirect(config.get('server.basePath') + url);
       } catch (err) {
         reply(err);
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ module.exports = async function (kbnServer, server, config) {
     path: '/shorten',
     handler: async function (request, reply) {
       try {
+        shortUrlAssertValid(request.payload.url);
         const urlId = await shortUrlLookup.generateUrlId(request.payload.url);
         reply(urlId);
       } catch (err) {

src/server/http/short_url_assert_valid.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { parse } from 'url';
+import { trim } from 'lodash';
+import Boom from 'boom';
+
+export function shortUrlAssertValid(url) {
+  const { protocol, hostname, pathname } = parse(url);
+
+  if (protocol) {
+    throw Boom.notAcceptable(`Short url targets cannot have a protocol, found "${protocol}"`);
+  }
+
+  if (hostname) {
+    throw Boom.notAcceptable(`Short url targets cannot have a hostname, found "${hostname}"`);
+  }
+
+  const pathnameParts = trim(pathname, '/').split('/');
+  if (pathnameParts.length !== 2) {
+    throw Boom.notAcceptable(`Short url target path must be in the format "/app/{{appId}}", found "${pathname}"`);
+  }
+}