Class: Simplabs::Excellent::Checks::Rails::AttrProtectedCheck

Inherits:
Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/simplabs/excellent/checks/rails/attr_protected_check.rb

Overview

This check reports ActiveRecord models that specify attr_protected. Like attr_accessible, attr_protected is a helper to secure ActiveRecord models against mass assignment attacks (see http://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html#mass-assignment), but instead of specifying a white list of properties that are writeable by mass assignments as attr_accessible does, attr_protected specifies a black list. Such a black list approach is usually less secure since the list has to be updated for every new property that is introduced, which is easy to forget.

Applies to

  • ActiveRecord models

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Base

#interesting_contexts, #interesting_files, #options, #warnings

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Base

#add_warning, #evaluate_context, #warnings_for

Constructor Details

#initialize(options = {}) ⇒ AttrProtectedCheck

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# File 'lib/simplabs/excellent/checks/rails/attr_protected_check.rb', line 22

def initialize(options = {}) #:nodoc:
  super
  @interesting_contexts = [Parsing::ClassContext]
end

Instance Method Details

#evaluate(context) ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/simplabs/excellent/checks/rails/attr_protected_check.rb', line 27

def evaluate(context) #:nodoc:
  add_warning(context, '{{class}} specifies attr_protected.', { :class => context.full_name }) if context.active_record_model? && context.specifies_attr_protected?
end