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fix: prefer max-submissions error over stale CSRF #4596

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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions persistence/sql/persister_recovery_code.go
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Expand Up @@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ func (p *Persister) UseRecoveryCode(ctx context.Context, flowID uuid.UUID, userP
return codeRow, nil
}

func (p *Persister) CountRecoveryCodeSubmissions(ctx context.Context, flowID uuid.UUID) (count int, err error) {
ctx, span := p.r.Tracer(ctx).Tracer().Start(ctx, "persistence.sql.CountRecoveryCodeSubmissions")
defer otelx.End(span, &err)

q := "SELECT submit_count FROM selfservice_recovery_flows WHERE id = ? AND nid = ?"
err = sqlcon.HandleError(p.GetConnection(ctx).RawQuery(q, flowID, p.NetworkID(ctx)).First(&count))
return count, err
}

func (p *Persister) DeleteRecoveryCodesOfFlow(ctx context.Context, flowID uuid.UUID) (err error) {
ctx, span := p.r.Tracer(ctx).Tracer().Start(ctx, "persistence.sql.DeleteRecoveryCodesOfFlow")
defer otelx.End(span, &err)
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions selfservice/strategy/code/persistence.go
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Expand Up @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type (
RecoveryCodePersister interface {
CreateRecoveryCode(ctx context.Context, dto *CreateRecoveryCodeParams) (*RecoveryCode, error)
UseRecoveryCode(ctx context.Context, fID uuid.UUID, code string) (*RecoveryCode, error)
CountRecoveryCodeSubmissions(ctx context.Context, fID uuid.UUID) (int, error)
DeleteRecoveryCodesOfFlow(ctx context.Context, fID uuid.UUID) error
}

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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions selfservice/strategy/code/strategy_recovery.go
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Expand Up @@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ func (s *Strategy) Recover(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, f *recovery.F
} else if err := flow.EnsureCSRF(s.deps, r, f.Type, s.deps.Config().DisableAPIFlowEnforcement(ctx), s.deps.GenerateCSRFToken, body.CSRFToken); err != nil {
// If a CSRF violation occurs the flow is most likely FUBAR, as the user either lost the CSRF token, or an attack occured.
// In this case, we just issue a new flow and "abandon" the old flow.
//
// When the code has already been submitted too often, prefer that error over CSRF.
// Otherwise the stale token from previous failed attempts hides the 410/too-often result.
if len(body.Code) > 0 {
if submitCount, countErr := s.deps.RecoveryCodePersister().CountRecoveryCodeSubmissions(ctx, f.ID); countErr == nil &&
submitCount >= s.deps.Config().SelfServiceCodeMethodMaxSubmissions(ctx) {
return s.retryRecoveryFlow(w, r, f.Type, RetryWithError(ErrCodeSubmittedTooOften()))
}
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Propagate a submission-count query failure.

Line 190 discards countErr. If the count query fails, this branch returns the CSRF retry response. The request then hides the persistence failure and cannot determine whether the submission limit applies.

Handle countErr through the established recovery error path before comparing submitCount.

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In `@selfservice/strategy/code/strategy_recovery.go` around lines 190 - 193,
Update the submission-count check in the recovery flow to handle a non-nil
countErr via the established recovery error path before evaluating submitCount
against SelfServiceCodeMethodMaxSubmissions. Preserve the existing
retryRecoveryFlow behavior for counts that reach the configured limit.

}
return s.retryRecoveryFlow(w, r, flow.TypeBrowser, RetryWithError(err))
}

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64 changes: 64 additions & 0 deletions selfservice/strategy/code/strategy_recovery_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -1552,6 +1552,70 @@ func TestRecovery_WithContinueWith(t *testing.T) {
}
})

t.Run("description=should return submitted-too-often instead of CSRF when max submissions exceeded with a stale csrf token", func(t *testing.T) {
for _, testCase := range flowTypeCases {
if testCase.ClientType == RecoveryClientTypeAPI {
continue
}
t.Run("type="+testCase.ClientType.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
email := testhelpers.RandomEmail()
createIdentityToRecover(t, reg, email)
c := testCase.GetClient(t)
body := submitRecoveryForm(t, c, testCase.ClientType, func(v url.Values) {
v.Set("email", email)
}, http.StatusOK)

initialFlowId := gjson.Get(body, "id")

for submitTry := 0; submitTry < 5; submitTry++ {
inner := submitRecoveryCode(t, c, body, testCase.ClientType, "12312312", http.StatusOK)
testhelpers.AssertMessage(t, inner, "The recovery code is invalid or has already been used. Please try again.")
}

action := gjson.Get(body, "ui.action").String()
require.NotEmpty(t, action)

values := url.Values{
"code": {"12312312"},
"method": {"code"},
"csrf_token": {"stale-csrf-token"},
}
payload := values.Encode()
contentType := "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
if testCase.ClientType != RecoveryClientTypeBrowser {
payload = testhelpers.EncodeFormAsJSON(t, true, values)
contentType = "application/json"
}

res, err := c.Post(action, contentType, bytes.NewBufferString(payload))
require.NoError(t, err)
got := string(ioutilx.MustReadAll(res.Body))
require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())

assert.NotEqual(t, http.StatusForbidden, res.StatusCode, "%s", got)
assert.NotEqual(t, text.ErrIDCSRF, gjson.Get(got, "error.id").String(), "%s", got)

switch testCase.ClientType {
case RecoveryClientTypeBrowser:
assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, "%s", got)
require.Len(t, gjson.Get(got, "ui.messages").Array(), 1, "%s", got)
assert.Equal(t, "The request was submitted too often. Please request another code.", gjson.Get(got, "ui.messages.0.text").String())
assert.NotEqual(t, gjson.Get(got, "id"), initialFlowId)
assert.True(t, gjson.Get(got, "ui.nodes.#(attributes.name==email)").Exists())
case RecoveryClientTypeSPA:
assert.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, res.StatusCode, "%s", got)
assert.Equal(t, "The request was submitted too often. Please request another code.", gjson.Get(got, "error.reason").String(), "%s", got)
continueWith := gjson.Get(got, "error.details.continue_with").Array()
assert.Len(t, continueWith, 1, "%s", got)
assert.Equal(t, "show_recovery_ui", continueWith[0].Get("action").String(), "%s", got)
flowId := continueWith[0].Get("flow.id").String()
assert.NotEmpty(t, flowId, "%s", got)
require.NotEqual(t, flowId, initialFlowId.String(), "%s", got)
}
})
}
})

t.Run("description=should be able to recover after using invalid code", func(t *testing.T) {
for _, testCase := range flowTypeCases {
t.Run("type="+testCase.ClientType.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
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