Questions tagged [content-security-policy]
Content Security Policy is a mechanism for mitigating attacks against web applications.
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CSP: What is script-src-attr and script-src-elem?
script-src-attr and script-src-elem directives are new additions in CSP3.
I am not able to understand how are they different from the script-src directive.
https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-csp/#...
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HSTS preload and requisites on domain - subdomains must be added too?
I found that the security header for protection against mitm attacks in first connection is to implement HSTS preload directive and add the list of google: https://hstspreload.org/
However the ...
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How to secure apis so that it can be used by my app and web only
I am creating a platform which is based on REST APIs. My platform has apps and web both.
I don't want to make my APIs public and want that my APIs can be used by my own clients (app and web) only.
I ...
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Why does Adobe recommend not setting CSP headers for its web fonts?
In this help site, Adobe recommends not setting CSP for web fonts saying:
The CSP policy does not allow you to set an exception for inline styles added by a script from a specific domain.
and
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Does it pose a problem to use 'strict-dynamic' with a hash and not a nonce?
Ever since CSP 3 introduced strict-dynamic, Google has recommended its usage. Indeed, the idea of maintaining one "root" script, which in turn loads all other necessary scripts, sets up event handlers,...
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Where can I configure certificate rules on Windows 10?
This excellent SSO answer recommends to use certificate rules on Windows’ executables, as explained here by Microsoft. The latter says that the “location” of this setting is:
Computer Configuration\...
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Trying to understand Content-Security-Policy: Why do some sites (e.g Google) use a “nonce”, but also allow all inline scripts and use of eval()?
Here is an example of the CSP of accounts.google.com:
content-security-policy: script-src 'nonce-DanEwkxkS1rktq35Z1hVcg' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval';object-src 'none';base-uri 'self';report-uri /...
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Content Security Policy: postMessage into foreign iframe
Assume we have a webpage with sensitive data. The page uses a marketing partner advertisingpartner.com which collects data via third-party cookies in a foreign iframe. We have applied a relatively ...
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How to whitelist an iframe and script of some other source embeded/ called by an iframe that is whitelisted in the CSP?
For example I am having an iframe with src https://iframe1.com which is listed in my content security policy. If the whitelisted iframe calls some iframe from another source like https://iframe2.com, ...
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Does CSP block javascript in <a href> tags?
I recently discovered that its possible to run javascript from an <a> tag like this
<a href="javascript:alert('test')">
and this gets run on the current page when clicked. It also seems ...
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Prevent javascript cross-origin redirect by window.location.href
Following this question, is there a way to prevent this code from redirecting users to domains not whitelisted?
const form = document.getElementsByTagName('form')[0];
form.addEventListener('submit', ...
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Can I trust public code versioning platforms when building a social platform?
We are developing a kind of social platform. It starts as a closed beta for a limited number of users, but the goal is to reach millions of subscriptions.
We are currently limited on resources, both ...
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Are Content-Security-Policy nonces designed for production use, or as a stop-gap when implementing a CSP?
Some websites use Content-Security-Policy nonces in order to include inline styling and script in their webpages.
Is the CSP nonce feature designed to be used for production use, or is it simply ...
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CSP - Unsafe-inline or unsafe-eval for specific domain is allowed or not
Following is a CSP policy, for example derived sample response headers.
The implementation below allows white-listed domains only in "script-src" directive but the 'unsafe-inline' and 'unsafe-eval' ...
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Prevent javascript cross-origin write
Let's assume an attacker manages to inject this script in a login page:
const form = document.getElementsByTagName('form')[0];
form.addEventListener('submit', stealCredentials);
function ...
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is there a low-overhead way to log every new file created on a Linux host?
I know about inotify but am concerned it would use too many resources.
Is there a better way to monitor a fairly static system (like a web host) for new and unexpected files being created?
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Does allowing unsafe-inline script defeat the purpose of CSP?
I am reviewing the Content-Security-Policy headers set in one of our webservers and I see this is how it is set (where 'example.com' is our trusted website).
Content-Security-Policy: "default-src '...
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Content Security Policy Header not stopping attack
I created a simple test web application to test the use of the content security policy header. I included a vulnerability in my test app, such that submitting a basic XSS payload with script tags ...
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How to safely allow scripts but preventing XSS?
We are trying to find the best way to allow JavaScript in a web application while being safe against XSS.
Site admins have the privilege to insert JavaScript to control the site templates, and ...
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What are the dangers of “style-src: 'unsafe-inline'”? [duplicate]
This is a common sight in content security policies:
style-src 'unsafe-inline'
I know that this "UI redressing attacks" that can be use for phishing or just defamation. But are there other threats ...
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Data image with CSP
I am trying to get an image that is within JavaScript to work with our CSP. I have read that using data: (even in img-src) is an XSS risk so I'm trying to avoid that.
Because it is called from within ...
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CSP to report HTTP resources?
I would like to start introducing a CSP on a site. I would like to start by adding a report only CSP and only reporting on mixed content, for example when an images is loading from HTTP instead of ...
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How do I control multiply-nested embedding of my iframe?
Domain example1.com embeds my iframe.
Domain example2.com embeds an iframe served from example1.com.
I would set X-Frame-Options: ALLOW FROM *.example1.com as well as Content-Security-Policy with ...
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What's the alternative of content security policy (CSP) header in Internet Explorer IE?
As mentioned in the Content Security Policy documentation & from the "supported browsers" page on the CSP site, CSP is not supported in Internet Explorer.
So, if we want to support CSP in our ...
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Do we need to add CSP to all web pages in a web application?
We have a multi-page web application. I understand that ideally CSP should be set for text/html responses only. Is it enough to add content security policy (CSP) header to the login page or should I ...
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What attacks does Content Security Policy base-uri protect against?
I have read up on base-uri and the HTML base tag, but what exactly is the base-uri CSP is meant to protect against?
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Is allowing blob: in Content-Security-Policy a risk?
Recently, I've set Content-Security-Policy headers for my web application. I've tried to be as strict as possible. What strikes me most is the fact that I had to allow blob: for connect-src and img-...
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Best way to encrypt user data stored in xml?
First of all I am not very familiar with the world of encryption so please be nice.
I have got a data that should store in an xml using NetDataContractSerializer. This xml file gets the size of from ...
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"Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE ID 693)
After security scan, we are seeing the Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE ID 693) issue in our application.
Our current header is set as mentioned below-
Server: Apache X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN ...
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How to protect the control environment of my web application? [closed]
I am developing a web application and want to do its setup and control using my personal notebook.
However, the following topics concern me:
1) Enter the platform (includes the login in the control ...
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Is it safe to send Content-Security-Policy header for text/html content-type only?
Is it safe to send Content-Security-Policy for dynamically generated pages with text/html and other hypertext content-types only or do I need to send this header for all files including static assets -...
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Content-Security-Policy suspicious entries in the log
I've set up Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only header, and am in report-uri getting relatively high number (several hundred per month) of failed requests on img-src for suspicious URLs:
https://...
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CSP header default-src: data:
I am testing CSP header implementation. The implemented header value is:
Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self' data:; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-...
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SRI for CSP - how do I get the hash for inline code?
I have been messing about with website design for years, but I am no expert - more of a hardware junkie.
CSP is fascinating for me now that I am starting to branch out into web development. I was ...
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Can BeEF hooking be stopped with Content Security Policies
I know that using strict values for default-src and scripts-src are a popular way to prevent (or at least limit the impact) of XSS attacks. But I was just wondering it CSPs can be used to stop ...
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What does the CSP require-sri-for directive protect against?
According to Mozilla:
The HTTP Content-Security-Policy require-sri-for directive instructs the client to require the use of Subresource Integrity for scripts or styles on the page.
I fail to see ...
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Why does Chrome tell me that the CSP 'require-sri-for' directive is implemented behind a flag which is currently disabled?
In my Content Security Policy I have included require-sri-for script. However, in the Chrome console I get a notice (not an error, just info):
The Content-Security-Policy directive 'require-sri-for'...
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Does Chrome respect the X-DNS-Prefetch-Control header?
If my web page returns X-DNS-Prefetch-Control=off, will Chrome do DNS prefetch for links like these?:
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/">
I know Firefox and Chromium ...
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Why doesn't CSP block JS from modifying an element's style?
You can use Content Security Policy to disallow style attributes, but you can just get around this just by using javascript to modify an element's style. Isn't this a security hole or am I missing ...
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XSS vulnerability with strict CSP
The article I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how. describes the phases of a theoretical attack where an attacker can bypass a strict CSP and exfiltrate sensitive ...
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Should I allow http script sources in my CSP, or enforce https only?
I'm currently trying to implement a third-party widget into my website. That widget attempts to load some scripts over http, which is currently disallowed by my content security policy.
I'm concerned ...
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Poor result on securityheaders.io for google.com
I have just tested google on securityheaders.io and the result was D.
Google is actually not setting following security headers
Content-Security-Policy
X-Content-Type-Options
Referrer-Policy
I ...
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How to perform attack that requires me to set a CSP on a site I do not control?
I am reading this blog post about an vulnerability on uber.com. It says that you will have to set a content security policy:
We’ll set our policy to only allow requests to partners.uber.com, which ...
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Is it possible to specify a content security policy in browsers?
Normally, content security policies are sent in the response headers by the server to the client browser telling it what is and is not acceptable to load on the site. Is there a way to do this in ...
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CSP report-uri does not work
I'm using the following PHP script to test CSP policy,
<?php
header("Content-Security-Policy: default-src https:; report-uri /report.php");
header("Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'...
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CSP: upgrade-insecure-requests - what happens with https-incompatible ressources?
I have two questions regarding the CSP directive upgrade-insecure-requests which I couldn't answer myself by reading the specification.
What happens to ressources which can't be upgraded to https (e....
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Content-Security-Policy: Getting weird reports with frame-ancestors 'self'
Right now, I maintain the Content-Security-Policy for https://www.lidl.de, which is:
Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'self'; block-all-mixed-content; report-uri https://lidlcsp.report-uri.io/...
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What vulnerability do inline javascript and event handlers expose? [duplicate]
I'm trying to understand why certain CSPs block inline javascript. Is the concern that a user will be able to insert javascript that will then be served to other users? If so, isn't this an issue with ...
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HTTP security headers for native and webview based mobile applications
OWASP Security Headers Project recommends the following security headers for web applications. Out of the following which headers are relevant to mobile applications?
HTTP Strict Transport Security (...
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Does an Embedded Content Security Policy (CSP) Enforcement ruin a “regular” CSP?
I recently read a W3C Working Draft about the Embedded Enforcement of a Content Security Policy (CSP).
This document defines a mechanism by which a web page can embed a nested browsing context if ...
