edge-csrf

Edge-CSRF

Edge-CSRF is CSRF protection middleware for Next.js that runs in the edge runtime.

This library uses the cookie strategy from expressjs/csurf and the crypto logic from pillarjs/csrf except it only uses Next.js edge runtime dependencies so it can be used in Next.js middleware.

Features

• Runs in edge runtime
• Gets token from HTTP request header (x-csrf-token) or from request body field (csrf_token)
• Handles form-urlencoded or json-encoded HTTP request bodies
• Customizable cookie options

Quickstart

To use Edge-CSRF, first add it as a dependency to your app:

npm install edge-csrf

Next, create a middleware file (middleware.js) for your project and add the Edge-CSRF middleware:

// middleware.js

import csrf from 'edge-csrf';
import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';

// initalize protection function
const csrfProtect = csrf();

export async function middleware(request) {
  const response = NextResponse.next();

  // csrf protection
  const csrfError = await csrfProtect(request, response);
  if (csrfError) {
    const url = request.nextUrl.clone();
    url.pathname = '/api/csrf-invalid';
    return NextResponse.rewrite(url);
  }
    
  return response;
}

Next, create a handler to return CSRF error messages to the user:

// pages/api/csrf-invalid.js

export default function handler(req, res) {
  res.status(403).send('invalid csrf token');
}

Now, all HTTP submission requests (e.g. POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH) will be rejected if they do not include a valid CSRF token. To add the CSRF token to your forms, you can fetch it from the x-csrf-token HTTP response header server-side or client-side. For example:

// pages/my-form.js

export function getServerSideProps({ res }) {
  const csrfToken = res.getHeader('x-csrf-token') || '';
  return {props: { csrfToken }};
}

export default function MyFormPage({ csrfToken }) {
  return (
    <form>
      <input type="hidden" value={csrfToken}>
      <input type="submit">
    </form>
  );
}

Configuration

// default config

{
  cookie: {
    name: '_csrfSecret',
    path: '/',
    maxAge: 60 * 60 * 12,
    domain: '',
    secure: true,
    httpOnly: true,
    sameSite: 'String'
  },
  ignoreMethods: ['GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS'],
  saltByteLength: 8,
  secretByteLength: 8,
  token: {
    responseHeader: 'x-csrf-token',
    value: null
  }
}

TODO:

• Add details to error response
• Handle malformed inputs
• Typescript support
• Use session cookie