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Secure Your CodeIgniter Application Using CSRF Token - Sujit Shah

Securing Codeigniter Application using CSRF, this tutorial describe about how to implement CSRF in codeigniter application, so it can prevent hacker exploiting the codeigniter application easily. Please don't missed this tutorial

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Inthistutorial,wewilllearnhowtomakeourwebsitemoresecure&protect

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fromCSRFwhenweareusingCodeIgniterwebapplicationframework.We

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thanksCodeIgniterteamwhogivinginbuiltsupportCrossSiteRquest
Forgery(CSRForXSRF).

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MySql

ToenableCSRFprotectionCodeIgniterFrameworkwillautomatically
protectformsorAJAXcallsfromCSRFwhenweuseformhelperandin

ExpertiseinPHPFramework

customform,weneedtocallCSRFtokenname&itsvalueinhiddeninput

Yii&CI

fieldandsendwithPOSTrequests.

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Enable CSRF in Config file

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ToenableCSRFprotectionweneedtomodifyconfigfileof

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CodeIgniterFramework.WejustneedtochangeTUREinsteadofFALSEin
ourapplication/config/config.phpfileforexample:$config['csrf_protection']=

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Used CSRF Tokens using form


helper or Manually
WehavetwowaytoaddCSRFtokensifwearethinkingtoupdateyour
formwithCodeIgniterformhelperclassthenCSRFtokenswillautomatic
addedorifyouarethinkingtoadjustincustomformthenweneedtoadd
customhiddeninputnameanditsvalue.

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Whenwewilluseformhelperclass:

<?phpechoform_open(base_url('user/login'),array('id'

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=>'login','class'=>'login'))?>
<inputtype="text"name="username"/>
<inputtype="password"name="password"/>
<inputtype="submit"name="submit"value="Submit"/>
<?phpechoform_close()?>

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October2013

Usingformhelperclasswillautomaticallyaddedinputfiledintotheform
witharandomtokenvaluetopreventCSRF.

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Output:
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<formaction="http://localhost/codeigniter/index.php"
method="post"acceptcharset="utf8"><div
style="display:none">
<inputtype="hidden"name="csrf_test_name"
value="0729bc908947526aa2e7951fb9066701"/>

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<inputtype="text"name="username"/>
<inputtype="password"name="password"/>

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<inputtype="submit"name="submit"value="Submit"/>

Whenweusecustomform:
WeneedtoaddainputfiledtopreventourcustomformwithCSRF.
Forexample:

<inputtype="hidden"name="<?phpecho$this>security

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>get_csrf_token_name()?>"value="<?phpecho$this

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>security>get_csrf_hash()?>">

payment.Ialways
wanttoworkwith

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How to use in AJAX/jQuery Call

him.100%

IfweareusingAJAXinourwebapplicationandtokenisnotpasswith

JamesPow

POSTdatathenCodeIgniterwillreturnaerror500(InternalServerError).It

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meanweneedtousedCSRFtokenalltheformsandpasswiththePOST
data.TherearemanywaytopassCSRFtokenwithPOSTdataandits
dependsonyoubecausethereareformshelperclasswhichis
automaticallyaddedandcustomfieldwhereweneedtomanuallycoded
andcallCSRFtokennameanditsrandomvalue.
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<!AddCSRFTokenasVariableintoHEAD>
<scripttype="text/javascript">

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varcsrf_token='<?phpecho$this>security
>get_csrf_hash()?>'
</script>
<!CallAJAXcodeandusedCSRFToken>

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<scripttype="text/javascript">
$.post('POSTURL',{data:'value','csrf_test_name':

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csrf_value},function(response){

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//response
},'json')
</script>

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IfyouarethinktousedAJAXSerializationthenyouhaveveryeasyandjust
openandclosedyourformusingformhelperclassofCodeIgniter.
Forexample:

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<!createformwithopen_form()>
<?phpechoform_open(base_url('user/login'),array('id'
=>'login','class'=>'login'))?>
<inputtype="text"name="username"/>
<inputtype="password"name="password"/>

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MYSQL

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<inputtype="submit"name="submit"value="Submit"/>

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<?phpechoform_close()?>

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<!UpdateAJAXcodetopostserializeddata>
<scripttype="text/javascript">

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$.post(ajax_url,$('#login).serialize(),function(response

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){

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//response
},'json')
</script>

Disable CSRF for Third Party API


WhenweareusingThirdPartyAPIorFacebookAPI/TwitterAPIinour
websiteapplicationthenweneedtodisableCSRFprotectioninthe
responsecontrollerorfunction(method).Forthisweneedtodisableour
controllerorfunctiononly,
Forexample:

if(isset($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])){
if(stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],'/ajax/')===
FALSEAND#allajaxcontrollers
stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],'/facebook_app/)
===FALSEAND#allfacebookcontrollers
stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],'/twitter_app/login')
===FALSEAND#onlyloginfunction
){
$config['csrf_protection']=TRUE
}else{
$config['csrf_protection']=FALSE
}
}else{
$config['csrf_protection']=TRUE
}

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