Class CsrfComponent

Provides CSRF protection & validation.

This component adds a CSRF token to a cookie. The cookie value is compared to request data, or the X-CSRF-Token header on each PATCH, POST, PUT, or DELETE request.

If the request data is missing or does not match the cookie data, an InvalidCsrfTokenException will be raised.

This component integrates with the FormHelper automatically and when used together your forms will have CSRF tokens automatically added when $this->Form->create(...) is used in a view.

Cake\Controller\Component implements Cake\Event\EventListenerInterface uses Cake\Core\InstanceConfigTrait , Cake\Log\LogTrait
Extended by Cake\Controller\Component\CsrfComponent
Namespace: Cake\Controller\Component
Deprecated: 3.5.0 Use Cake\Http\Middleware\CsrfProtectionMiddleware instead.
Location: Controller/Component/CsrfComponent.php

Properties summary

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

  • _setCookie() protected deprecated
    Set the cookie in the response.
  • _validateToken() protected deprecated
    Validate the request data against the cookie token.
  • implementedEvents() public deprecated
    Events supported by this component.
  • initialize() public deprecated
    Warn if CsrfComponent is used together with CsrfProtectionMiddleware
  • startup() public deprecated
    Startup callback.

Method Detail

_setCookie()source protected deprecated

_setCookie( Cake\Http\ServerRequest $request , Cake\Http\Response $response )

Set the cookie in the response.

Also sets the request->params['_csrfToken'] so the newly minted token is available in the request data.

Parameters

Cake\Http\ServerRequest $request
The request object.
Cake\Http\Response $response
The response object.

Returns

array
An array of the modified request, response.

_validateToken()source protected deprecated

_validateToken( Cake\Http\ServerRequest $request )

Validate the request data against the cookie token.

Parameters

Cake\Http\ServerRequest $request
The request to validate against.

Throws

Cake\Http\Exception\InvalidCsrfTokenException
when the CSRF token is invalid or missing.

implementedEvents()source public deprecated

implementedEvents( )

Events supported by this component.

Returns

array

Overrides

Cake\Controller\Component::implementedEvents()

initialize()source public deprecated

initialize( array $config )

Warn if CsrfComponent is used together with CsrfProtectionMiddleware

Parameters

array $config
The config data.

Overrides

Cake\Controller\Component::initialize()

startup()source public deprecated

startup( Cake\Event\Event $event )

Startup callback.

Validates the CSRF token for POST data. If the request is a GET request, and the cookie value is absent a cookie will be set.

Once a cookie is set it will be copied into request->getParam('_csrfToken') so that application and framework code can easily access the csrf token.

RequestAction requests do not get checked, nor will they set a cookie should it be missing.

Parameters

Cake\Event\Event $event
Event instance.

Methods inherited from Cake\Controller\Component

__construct()source public

__construct( Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistry $registry , array $config = [] )

Constructor

Parameters

Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistry $registry
A ComponentRegistry this component can use to lazy load its components
array $config optional []
Array of configuration settings.

__debugInfo()source public

__debugInfo( )

Returns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.

Returns

array

__get()source public

__get( string $name )

Magic method for lazy loading $components.

Parameters

string $name
Name of component to get.

Returns

mixed
A Component object or null.

getController()source public

getController( )

Get the controller this component is bound to.

Returns

Cake\Controller\Controller
The bound controller.

Methods used from Cake\Core\InstanceConfigTrait

_configDelete()source protected

_configDelete( string $key )

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key
Key to delete.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

_configRead()source protected

_configRead( string|null $key )

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key
Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite()source protected

_configWrite( string|array $key , mixed $value , boolean|string $merge = false )

Writes a config key.

Parameters

string|array $key
Key to write to.
mixed $value
Value to write.
boolean|string $merge optional false

True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

config()source public deprecated

config( string|array|null $key = null , mixed|null $value = null , boolean $merge = true )

Gets/Sets the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->config();

Reading a specific value:

$this->config('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key');

Setting a specific value:

$this->config('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->config(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array|null $key optional null
The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.
mixed|null $value optional null
The value to set.
boolean $merge optional true
Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

mixed
Config value being read, or the object itself on write operations.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

configShallow()source public

configShallow( string|array $key , mixed|null $value = null )

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

Setting a specific value:

$this->configShallow('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->configShallow('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key
The key to set, or a complete array of configs.
mixed|null $value optional null
The value to set.

Returns


$this

getConfig()source public

getConfig( string|null $key = null , mixed $default = null )

Returns the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->getConfig();

Reading a specific value:

$this->getConfig('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');

Reading with default value:

$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');

Parameters

string|null $key optional null
The key to get or null for the whole config.
mixed $default optional null
The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed
Config value being read.

setConfig()source public

setConfig( string|array $key , mixed|null $value = null , boolean $merge = true )

Sets the config.

Usage

Setting a specific value:

$this->setConfig('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key
The key to set, or a complete array of configs.
mixed|null $value optional null
The value to set.
boolean $merge optional true
Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns


$this

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

Methods used from Cake\Log\LogTrait

log()source public

log( mixed $msg , integer|string $level = LogLevel::ERROR , string|array $context = [] )

Convenience method to write a message to Log. See Log::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters

mixed $msg
Log message.
integer|string $level optional LogLevel::ERROR
Error level.
string|array $context optional []
Additional log data relevant to this message.

Returns

boolean
Success of log write.

Properties detail

$_defaultConfigsource

protected array

Default config for the CSRF handling.

  • cookieName = The name of the cookie to send.
    • expiry = How long the CSRF token should last. Defaults to browser session.
    • secure = Whether or not the cookie will be set with the Secure flag. Defaults to false.
    • httpOnly = Whether or not the cookie will be set with the HttpOnly flag. Defaults to false.
    • field = The form field to check. Changing this will also require configuring FormHelper.
[
    'cookieName' => 'csrfToken',
    'expiry' => 0,
    'secure' => false,
    'httpOnly' => false,
    'field' => '_csrfToken',
]

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