/**
* Phase 2 adversarial — string-based input attacks. Verifies that user-
* supplied text is treated as data, not code, everywhere it surfaces in
* the UI.
*
* Strategy: feed each attack payload through the public API at the
* earliest entry point that accepts free-form text (display name, caption,
* comment), then render the same data back through the UI and assert that:
* 1. The server stores the input verbatim (no over-eager rejection that
* would impede legitimate names like "O'Brien" or "T-Rex").
* 2. The DOM never produces an executable script element / a dialog event
* / a navigation to a `javascript:` URL.
*/
import { test, expect } from '../../fixtures/test';
import { seedUpload, seedComment } from '../../helpers/seed';
import { BASE } from '../../helpers/env';
/**
* Every payload sets `window.__x = 1` if it executes. The marker is deliberately terse:
* the join handler caps display names at 50 chars, and a payload that trips that cap is
* rejected at the API — which means it is NEVER stored and NEVER rendered, so the test
* that "nothing executed" proves nothing at all. Each payload below is < 50 chars, so it
* survives the join and actually reaches the render sink under test.
*/
const XSS_PAYLOADS = [
``, // 29
` `, // 34
`">`, // 29
``, // 47
`javascript:window.__x=1`, // 23
`c `, // 39
];
// Guard the invariant the payloads depend on: if the display-name cap ever changes, or a
// payload is edited past it, we want a loud failure here rather than six silent no-ops.
const NAME_MAX = 50;
for (const p of XSS_PAYLOADS) {
if (p.length > NAME_MAX)
throw new Error(
`XSS payload exceeds the ${NAME_MAX}-char display-name cap and would never be stored: ${p}`
);
}
const SQLI_PAYLOADS = [
`'; DROP TABLE "user"; --`,
`' OR 1=1 --`,
`Robert'); DROP TABLE upload; --`,
`\\'; SELECT pg_sleep(5); --`,
];
test.describe('Adversarial — input injection (display name)', () => {
for (const payload of XSS_PAYLOADS) {
test(`name with XSS payload ${JSON.stringify(payload).slice(0, 40)} never executes`, async ({
api,
page,
}) => {
// No try/catch escape hatch: every payload is short enough to be accepted, so a
// rejection here is a real failure (the payload would never be rendered, and the
// "nothing executed" assertions below would be vacuous).
const res = await api.join(payload);
expect(res.jwt).toBeTruthy();
// Render the name in the account page by signing in.
await page.goto('/');
await page.evaluate((j) => localStorage.setItem('eventsnap_jwt', j), res.jwt);
await page.evaluate((u) => localStorage.setItem('eventsnap_user_id', u), res.user_id);
await page.evaluate((n) => localStorage.setItem('eventsnap_display_name', n), payload);
await page.evaluate((p) => localStorage.setItem('eventsnap_pin', p), res.pin);
// Listen for dialogs (alert/confirm/prompt) — any one means the payload escaped.
const dialogs: string[] = [];
page.on('dialog', (d) => {
dialogs.push(d.message());
d.dismiss().catch(() => {});
});
// /account is where the viewer's own display name is rendered (the sink). /feed
// shows uploader names, not the viewer's — navigating there rendered nothing, so
// the non-firing check passed vacuously. Go where the payload actually lands.
await page.goto('/account');
await page.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded');
// Render guard: confirm the payload actually reached the DOM as escaped text,
// so a "nothing fired" pass can't be because the name was never rendered.
await expect(page.getByText(payload, { exact: false }).first()).toBeVisible({
timeout: 10_000,
});
const fired = await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).__x === 1);
expect(fired, 'window.__x should never be set').toBe(false);
expect(dialogs, 'no dialogs should appear').toHaveLength(0);
// Inline script tag in the displayed name should be rendered as text, not parsed.
const scriptCount = await page.locator('script:has-text("window.__x")').count();
expect(scriptCount, 'no executable script tags rendered from name').toBe(0);
});
}
});
test.describe('Adversarial — stored XSS (caption)', () => {
for (const payload of XSS_PAYLOADS) {
test(`caption with XSS payload ${JSON.stringify(payload).slice(0, 40)} renders inert`, async ({
guest,
page,
signIn,
}) => {
const g = await guest('CapXss');
// A trailing marker lets us wait until the caption has actually rendered before
// asserting nothing fired — otherwise a caption that never rendered would pass vacuously.
const id = await seedUpload(g.jwt, { caption: `${payload} CAPMARK` });
expect(id).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f-]{36}$/);
const dialogs: string[] = [];
page.on('dialog', (d) => {
dialogs.push(d.message());
d.dismiss().catch(() => {});
});
await signIn(page, g);
// Wait for the caption text to land in the DOM (escaped, as literal text).
await expect(page.getByText('CAPMARK', { exact: false }).first()).toBeVisible({
timeout: 10_000,
});
expect(
await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).__x === 1),
'caption XSS must not fire'
).toBe(false);
expect(dialogs, 'no dialogs from a caption').toHaveLength(0);
// The payload must be inert text, not a live element / script.
expect(await page.locator('img[onerror]').count(), 'no live onerror img from caption').toBe(
0
);
expect(
await page.locator('script:has-text("window.__x")').count(),
'no executable script from caption'
).toBe(0);
});
}
});
test.describe('Adversarial — stored XSS (comment)', () => {
// The two payloads that actually execute on render (script injection via innerHTML
// does not) — enough to prove the comment body is escaped without a slow 6× lightbox loop.
const COMMENT_PAYLOADS = [` `, `">`];
for (const payload of COMMENT_PAYLOADS) {
test(`comment with XSS payload ${JSON.stringify(payload).slice(0, 40)} renders inert`, async ({
guest,
page,
signIn,
}) => {
const author = await guest('CmtXss');
const id = await seedUpload(author.jwt, { caption: 'pic CAPMARK' });
// Post the XSS comment via the API (verbatim storage).
await seedComment(author.jwt, id, `${payload} CMTMARK`);
const dialogs: string[] = [];
page.on('dialog', (d) => {
dialogs.push(d.message());
d.dismiss().catch(() => {});
});
await signIn(page, author);
// Open the lightbox (which loads + renders comments).
const imageButton = page
.locator('article')
.filter({ hasText: 'CAPMARK' })
.first()
.getByRole('button', { name: 'Bild vergrößern' });
await expect(imageButton).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
await imageButton.click();
const lightbox = page.locator('[role="dialog"][aria-labelledby="lightbox-title"]');
await expect(lightbox).toBeVisible();
// Wait until the comment (marker) has rendered.
await expect(lightbox.getByText('CMTMARK', { exact: false })).toBeVisible({
timeout: 10_000,
});
expect(
await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).__x === 1),
'comment XSS must not fire'
).toBe(false);
expect(dialogs, 'no dialogs from a comment').toHaveLength(0);
expect(await page.locator('img[onerror]').count(), 'no live onerror img from comment').toBe(
0
);
});
}
});
test.describe('Adversarial — input injection (SQL-injection patterns)', () => {
for (const payload of SQLI_PAYLOADS) {
test(`SQL-shaped name ${JSON.stringify(payload).slice(0, 40)} round-trips without breaking the DB`, async ({
api,
adminToken,
}) => {
const res = await api.join(payload);
expect(res.jwt).toBeTruthy();
// Sanity: the DB is still queryable afterwards.
const cfg = await api.getConfig(adminToken);
expect(Object.keys(cfg).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
});
}
});
test.describe('Adversarial — input length & encoding', () => {
test('display name longer than 50 chars is rejected with 400', async () => {
const huge = 'A'.repeat(10_000);
const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/api/v1/join`, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
body: JSON.stringify({ display_name: huge }),
});
expect(res.status).toBe(400);
});
test('empty / whitespace-only display name is rejected', async () => {
for (const name of ['', ' ', '\t\n ']) {
const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/api/v1/join`, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
body: JSON.stringify({ display_name: name }),
});
expect(res.status).toBe(400);
}
});
test('display name with NUL byte is handled (rejected or stored — never crashes)', async () => {
const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/api/v1/join`, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
body: JSON.stringify({ display_name: 'Mallory Bob' }),
});
// Postgres rejects NUL in text fields with 0xc0 0x80 encoding; either 400 or 201 is acceptable.
expect([400, 201, 409]).toContain(res.status);
});
test('Unicode RTL override character in name does not corrupt rendering', async ({
api,
page,
}) => {
const rtlName = `AliceeciVlA`; // U+202E RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE
const r = await api.join(rtlName);
expect(r.user_id).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f-]{36}$/);
await page.goto('/');
await page.evaluate((j) => localStorage.setItem('eventsnap_jwt', j), r.jwt);
await page.evaluate((u) => localStorage.setItem('eventsnap_user_id', u), r.user_id);
await page.goto('/feed');
// The page must render without throwing.
await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Galerie' })).toBeVisible();
});
test('caption longer than 2000 chars is rejected', async ({ guest }) => {
const g = await guest('CapLen');
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', new Blob([new Uint8Array(640)], { type: 'image/jpeg' }), 'x.jpg');
form.append('caption', 'A'.repeat(2001));
const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/api/v1/upload`, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${g.jwt}` },
body: form,
});
expect(res.status).toBe(400);
});
});