README.input_filter

Input Filter Support in PHP5
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XSS (Cross Site Scripting) hacks are becoming more and more prevalent,
and can be quite difficult to prevent.  Whenever you accept user data
and somehow display this data back to users, you are likely vulnerable
to XSS hacks.

The Input Filter support in PHP5 is aimed at providing the framework
through which a company-wide or site-wide security policy can be
enforced.  It is implemented as a SAPI hook and is called from the
treat_data and post handler functions.  To implement your own security
policy you will need to write a standard PHP extension.  

A simple implementation might look like the following.  This stores the
original raw user data and adds a my_get_raw() function while the normal
$_POST, $_GET and $_COOKIE arrays are only populated with stripped
data.  In this simple example all I am doing is calling strip_tags() on
the data.  If register_globals is turned on, the default globals that
are created will be stripped ($foo) while a $RAW_foo is created with the
original user input.

ZEND_BEGIN_MODULE_GLOBALS(my_input_filter)
        zval *post_array;
        zval *get_array;
        zval *cookie_array;
ZEND_END_MODULE_GLOBALS(my_input_filter)

#ifdef ZTS
#define IF_G(v) TSRMG(my_input_filter_globals_id, zend_my_input_filter_globals *, v)
#else
#define IF_G(v) (my_input_filter_globals.v)
#endif

ZEND_DECLARE_MODULE_GLOBALS(my_input_filter)

function_entry my_input_filter_functions[] = {
    PHP_FE(my_get_raw,   NULL)
    {NULL, NULL, NULL}
};

zend_module_entry my_input_filter_module_entry = {
    STANDARD_MODULE_HEADER,
    "my_input_filter",
    my_input_filter_functions,
    PHP_MINIT(my_input_filter),
    PHP_MSHUTDOWN(my_input_filter),
    NULL,
    PHP_RSHUTDOWN(my_input_filter),
    PHP_MINFO(my_input_filter),
    "0.1",
    STANDARD_MODULE_PROPERTIES
};

PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(my_input_filter)
{
    ZEND_INIT_MODULE_GLOBALS(my_input_filter, php_my_input_filter_init_globals, NULL);

    REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("POST", PARSE_POST, CONST_CS | CONST_PERSISTENT);
    REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("GET", PARSE_GET, CONST_CS | CONST_PERSISTENT);
    REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("COOKIE", PARSE_COOKIE, CONST_CS | CONST_PERSISTENT);

    sapi_register_input_filter(my_sapi_input_filter);
    return SUCCESS;
}

PHP_RSHUTDOWN_FUNCTION(my_input_filter)
{
    if(IF_G(get_array)) {
        zval_ptr_dtor(&IF_G(get_array));
        IF_G(get_array) = NULL;
    }
    if(IF_G(post_array)) {
        zval_ptr_dtor(&IF_G(post_array));
        IF_G(post_array) = NULL;
    }
    if(IF_G(cookie_array)) {
        zval_ptr_dtor(&IF_G(cookie_array));
        IF_G(cookie_array) = NULL;
    }
    return SUCCESS;
}

PHP_MINFO_FUNCTION(my_input_filter)
{
    php_info_print_table_start();
    php_info_print_table_row( 2, "My Input Filter Support", "enabled" );
    php_info_print_table_row( 2, "Revision", "$Revision$");
    php_info_print_table_end();
}

unsigned int  my_sapi_input_filter(int arg, char *var, char **val, unsigned int val_len)
{
    zval new_var;
    zval *array_ptr = NULL;
    char *raw_var;
    int var_len;

    assert(*val != NULL);

    switch(arg) {
        case PARSE_GET:
            if(!IF_G(get_array)) {
                ALLOC_ZVAL(array_ptr);
                array_init(array_ptr);
                INIT_PZVAL(array_ptr);
            }
            IF_G(get_array) = array_ptr;
            break;
        case PARSE_POST:
            if(!IF_G(post_array)) {
                ALLOC_ZVAL(array_ptr);
                array_init(array_ptr);
                INIT_PZVAL(array_ptr);
            }
            IF_G(post_array) = array_ptr;
            break;
        case PARSE_COOKIE:
            if(!IF_G(cookie_array)) {
                ALLOC_ZVAL(array_ptr);
                array_init(array_ptr);
                INIT_PZVAL(array_ptr);
            }
            IF_G(cookie_array) = array_ptr;
            break;
    }
    Z_STRLEN(new_var) = val_len;
    Z_STRVAL(new_var) = estrndup(*val, val_len);
    Z_TYPE(new_var) = IS_STRING;

    var_len = strlen(var);
    raw_var = emalloc(var_len+5);  /* RAW_ and a \0 */
    strcpy(raw_var, "RAW_");
    strlcat(raw_var,var,var_len+5);

    php_register_variable_ex(raw_var, &new_var, array_ptr TSRMLS_DC);

    php_strip_tags(*val, val_len, NULL, NULL, 0);

    return strlen(*val);
}

PHP_FUNCTION(my_get_raw)
{
    long arg;
    char *var;
    int var_len;
    zval **tmp;
    zval *array_ptr = NULL;
    HashTable *hash_ptr;
    char *raw_var;

    if(zend_parse_parameters(2 TSRMLS_CC, "ls|l", &arg, &var, &var_len) == FAILURE) {
        return;
    }

    switch(arg) {
        case PARSE_GET:
            array_ptr = IF_G(get_array);
            break;
        case PARSE_POST:
            array_ptr = IF_G(post_array);
            break;
        case PARSE_COOKIE:
            array_ptr = IF_G(post_array);
            break;
    }

    if(!array_ptr) RETURN_FALSE;

    /*
     * I'm changing the variable name here because when running with register_globals on,
     * the variable will end up in the global symbol table
     */
    raw_var = emalloc(var_len+5);  /* RAW_ and a \0 */
    strcpy(raw_var, "RAW_");
    strlcat(raw_var,var,var_len+5);
    hash_ptr = HASH_OF(array_ptr);

    if(zend_hash_find(hash_ptr, raw_var, var_len+5, (void **)&tmp) == SUCCESS) {
        *return_value = **tmp;
        zval_copy_ctor(return_value);
    } else {
        RETVAL_FALSE;
    }
    efree(raw_var);
}