fixes #246: Require custom REST API authentication filters to be annotated as such - #247
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe plugin validates custom authentication filter classes during configuration saves and runtime loading. Validation checks supported JAX-RS contracts and ChangesCustom authentication filter
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participant AdminConsole
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AdminConsole->>RESTServicePlugin: Validate configured class
RESTServicePlugin->>JerseyWrapper: Validate contract and priority
JerseyWrapper-->>RESTServicePlugin: Return validation message or null
RESTServicePlugin->>CustomAuthFilter: Load validated filter
CustomAuthFilter-->>RESTServicePlugin: Process authentication request
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98-98: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winDocument the supported custom authentication contracts.
JerseyWrapper.getCustomAuthFilterClassObjectacceptsContainerRequestFilter,Feature, andDynamicFeature, andJerseyWrapper.loadAuthenticationFilterregisters the selected class with Jersey'sResourceConfig. DocumentFeatureandDynamicFeatureas backwards-compatible forms. State that they must register or configure aContainerRequestFilterthat rejects unauthenticated requests.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/plugin/rest/AuthFilter.java`:
- Line 44: Update JerseyWrapper.getCustomAuthFilterClassObject to require
`@PreMatching` on custom ContainerRequestFilter classes in addition to validating
`@Priority`(Priorities.AUTHENTICATION), matching AuthFilter’s pre-matching
authentication behavior; leave response-filter handling unchanged.
In `@src/web/rest-api.jsp`:
- Line 61: Escape both JSP output sites that render customAuthFilterClassName:
the loadingStatus output and the value attribute. Apply the existing JSP
escaping mechanism at rendering time, preserving validation behavior and
ensuring the request-derived value cannot be interpreted as markup.
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In `@readme.md`:
- Line 98: Update the authentication documentation around the custom filter
contract to list ContainerRequestFilter, Feature, and DynamicFeature as
supported forms, identify Feature and DynamicFeature as backwards-compatible
options, and state that each must register or configure a ContainerRequestFilter
that rejects unauthenticated requests.
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In `@src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/plugin/rest/service/JerseyWrapper.java`:
- Line 146: Update the validation around CUSTOM_AUTH_ACCEPTABLE_CONTRACT_SHAPES
in loadAuthenticationFilter to reject candidate types that are interfaces or
abstract classes before they are registered with Jersey. Preserve acceptance of
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…ers to be annotated as such Previously, `plugin.restapi.customAuthFilter` accepted any class name that resolved via `Class.forName`, with no check that the class is intended for authentication. This made it deceptively easy to misconfigure the plugin: a class that happened to resolve but was never meant to authenticate anything would silently replace the plugin's own authentication check. This risks leaving the REST API's endpoints reachable without valid credentials. Because this is a persisted configuration change rather than a code change, the misconfiguration would also survive a restart and go undetected by anything that doesn't specifically look for it. This commit adds additional checks to guard against such misconfiguration. Notably, a custom authentication filter now needs to be annotated using `@Priority(Priorities.AUTHENTICATION)`. This annotation was chosen deliberately over alternatives that would require new types or dependencies: it's already part of the JAX-RS API this plugin depends on, so the check works identically across Openfire versions, without requiring a new interface, a new library, or a version bump. Also corrects `AuthFilter` annotation from `@Priority(Priorities.AUTHORIZATION)` to `@Priority(Priorities.AUTHENTICATION)`, matching what it actually does and what custom replacements are now required to declare. Added documentation for the custom authentication filter mechanism in readme.md.
Extract the acceptable custom-auth contract types into a shared static constant
Localize the loading status message to the auth filter validation flow instead of storing it in a shared static field, and remove the obsolete getter exposed by the REST plugin and Jersey wrapper. This avoids stale status leakage and keeps validation logic self-contained.
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Previously,
plugin.restapi.customAuthFilteraccepted any class name that resolved viaClass.forName, with no check that the class is intended for authentication. This made it deceptively easy to misconfigure the plugin: a class that happened to resolve but was never meant to authenticate anything would silently replace the plugin's own authentication check. This risks leaving the REST API's endpoints reachable without valid credentials. Because this is a persisted configuration change rather than a code change, the misconfiguration would also survive a restart and go undetected by anything that doesn't specifically look for it.This commit adds additional checks to guard against such misconfiguration. Notably, a custom authentication filter now needs to be annotated using
@Priority(Priorities.AUTHENTICATION). This annotation was chosen deliberately over alternatives that would require new types or dependencies: it's already part of the JAX-RS API this plugin depends on, so the check works identically across Openfire versions, without requiring a new interface, a new library, or a version bump.Also corrects
AuthFilterannotation from@Priority(Priorities.AUTHORIZATION)to@Priority(Priorities.AUTHENTICATION), matching what it actually does and what custom replacements are now required to declare.Added documentation for the custom authentication filter mechanism in readme.md.
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