disinfect_url

DisinfectUrl

This gem was heavily influenced by Braintree's sanitize-url

Installation

gem 'disinfect_url'

Usage

Requirements

This gem requires Ruby 2.5+

Basic Usage

Convert bad urls to "about:blank"

DisinfectUrl.sanitize("https://example.com")
# => https://example.com

DisinfectUrl.sanitize("http://example.com")
# => http://example.com

DisinfectUrl.sanitize("www.example.com")
# => www.example.com

DisinfectUrl.sanitize("mailto:[e-mail]")
# => mailto:[e-mail]

DisinfectUrl.sanitize("https&#0000058//example.com")
# => https://example.com

DisinfectUrl.sanitize("javascript:alert(document.domain)")
DisinfectUrl.sanitize("jAvasCrIPT:alert(document.domain)")
DisinfectUrl.sanitize("JaVaScRiP%0at:alert(document.domain)")
# => about:blank

#HTML encoded javascript:alert('XSS')
DisinfectUrl.sanitize("&#0000106&#0000097&#0000118&#0000097&#0000115&#0000099&#0000114&#0000105&#0000112&#0000116&#0000058&#0000097&#0000108&#0000101&#0000114&#0000116&#0000040&#0000039&#0000088&#0000083&#0000083&#0000039&#0000041")
# => about:blank

# Works the same way for href attribute within <a> tags
DisinfectUrl.sanitize(%q(<a href="javascript:alert('attack')">Example</a>))
# => <a href="about:blank">Example</a>

ActiveRecord Callbacks

before_validation :disinfect_website_url
before_validation :disinfect_biography

private

  def disinfect_website_url
    self.website_url = DisinfectUrl.sanitize(self.website_url)
  end

  def disinfect_biography
    self.biography = DisinfectUrl.sanitize(self.biography)
  end

Validation Note

This gem doesn't perform any validation for differentiating HTML vs URL. You may need to perform additional validation.

  def disinfect_website_url
    self.website_url = DisinfectUrl.sanitize(%q(<a href="https://example.com">Example</a>))
  end

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/stevenjcumming/disinfect_url. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the DisinfectUrl project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.