Ensure cookies have the secure flag

Metadata

ID: java-security/cookies-secure-flag

Language: Java

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

CWE: 614

Description

Ensure cookies use the secure flag or attribute. If not set, it could cause the user agent to send those cookies in plaintext over an HTTP session.

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Non-Compliant Code Examples

class Compliant {
    @Override
    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");

        String queryString = request.getQueryString();
        String paramval = "BenchmarkTest01683" + "=";
        int paramLoc = -1;
        if (queryString != null) paramLoc = queryString.indexOf(paramval);
        if (paramLoc == -1) {
            response.getWriter()
                    .println(
                            "getQueryString() couldn't find expected parameter '"
                                    + "BenchmarkTest01683"
                                    + "' in query string.");
            return;
        }

        String param =
                queryString.substring(
                        paramLoc
                                + paramval
                                        .length()); // 1st assume "BenchmarkTest01683" param is last
        // parameter in query string.
        // And then check to see if its in the middle of the query string and if so, trim off what
        // comes after.
        int ampersandLoc = queryString.indexOf("&", paramLoc);
        if (ampersandLoc != -1) {
            param = queryString.substring(paramLoc + paramval.length(), ampersandLoc);
        }
        param = java.net.URLDecoder.decode(param, "UTF-8");

        String bar = new Test().doSomething(request, param);

        byte[] input = new byte[1000];
        String str = "?";
        Object inputParam = param;
        if (inputParam instanceof String) str = ((String) inputParam);
        if (inputParam instanceof java.io.InputStream) {
            int i = ((java.io.InputStream) inputParam).read(input);
            if (i == -1) {
                response.getWriter()
                        .println(
                                "This input source requires a POST, not a GET. Incompatible UI for the InputStream source.");
                return;
            }
            str = new String(input, 0, i);
        }
        if ("".equals(str)) str = "No cookie value supplied";
        javax.servlet.http.Cookie cookie = new javax.servlet.http.Cookie("SomeCookie", str);

        cookie.setSecure(false);
        cookie.setHttpOnly(true);
        cookie.setPath(request.getRequestURI()); // i.e., set path to JUST this servlet
        // e.g., /benchmark/sql-01/BenchmarkTest01001
        response.addCookie(cookie);

        response.getWriter()
                .println(
                        "Created cookie: 'SomeCookie': with value: '"
                                + org.owasp.esapi.ESAPI.encoder().encodeForHTML(str)
                                + "' and secure flag set to: false");
    }
}
class NotCompliant {
    public void setCookie(String field, String value) {
        Cookie cookie = new Cookie(field, value);
        response.addCookie(cookie);
    }
}

Compliant Code Examples

class Compliant {
    public void setCookie(String field, String value) {
        Cookie cookie = new Cookie(field, value);
        cookie.setSecure(true);
        cookie.setHttpOnly(true);
        response.addCookie(cookie);
    }
}
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