Update/Add security headers

admin/server/package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "compression": "^1.7.4",
         "express": "^4.17.1",
-        "helmet": "^7.0.0"
+        "helmet": "^7.1.0"
     },
     "engines": {
         "node": "20"

admin/server/server.js

@@ -16,24 +16,42 @@ indexFile = indexFile.replace(/\$([A-Z_]+)/g, (match, p1) => {
 });
 
 app.use(compression());
+
+app.disable("x-powered-by"); // Disable the X-Powered-By header as it is not needed and can be used to infer the server technology
+
 app.use(
     helmet({
         contentSecurityPolicy: {
             directives: {
-                "script-src": ["'self'", "'unsafe-inline'"],
-                "img-src": ["'self'", "https:", "data:"],
-                "default-src": ["'self'", "https:"],
-                "media-src": ["'self'", "https:"],
-                "style-src": ["'self'", "https:", "'unsafe-inline'"],
-                "font-src": ["'self'", "https:", "data:"],
+                "default-src": ["'none'"],
+                "script-src-elem": ["'unsafe-inline'", "'self'"],
+                "style-src-elem": ["'unsafe-inline'", "'self'"],
+                "style-src-attr": ["'unsafe-inline'"],
+                "font-src": ["'self'", "data:"],
+                "connect-src": ["https:"],
+                "img-src": ["'self'", "data:", "https:"],
+                "frame-src": ["https:"],
+                "frame-ancestors": ["'self'"],
+                upgradeInsecureRequests: process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? undefined : [],
             },
+            useDefaults: false, // Avoid default values for not explicitly set directives
         },
-        xXssProtection: false,
+        xFrameOptions: false, // Disable deprecated header
+        crossOriginResourcePolicy: "same-origin", // Do not allow cross-origin requests to access the response
+        crossOriginEmbedderPolicy: false, // value=no-corp
+        crossOriginOpenerPolicy: true, // value=same-origin
         strictTransportSecurity: {
-            maxAge: 63072000,
+            // Enable HSTS
+            maxAge: 63072000, // 2 years (recommended when subdomains are included)
             includeSubDomains: true,
             preload: true,
         },
+        referrerPolicy: {
+            policy: "no-referrer", // No referrer information needs to be sent
+        },
+        xContentTypeOptions: true, // value=nosniff
+        xDnsPrefetchControl: false, // Disable non-standard header as recommended by MDN
+        xPermittedCrossDomainPolicies: true, // value=none (prevent MIME sniffing)
     }),
 );
 

api/package.json

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
         "graphql": "^15.5.0",
-        "helmet": "^4.6.0",
+        "helmet": "^7.1.0",
         "nestjs-console": "^8.0.0",
         "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
         "rimraf": "^6.0.0",

api/project-words.txt

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ nowait
 ormconfig
 pkey
 schemaname
-tablename
+tablename
+HSTS
+nosniff
+noopen

api/src/app.module.ts

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class AppModule {
                             origin: config.corsAllowedOrigin,
                             methods: ["GET", "POST"],
                             credentials: false,
-                            exposedHeaders: [],
+                            maxAge: 600,
                         },
                         useGlobalPrefix: true,
                         // See https://docs.nestjs.com/graphql/other-features#execute-enhancers-at-the-field-resolver-level

api/src/main.ts

@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
     useContainer(app.select(appModule), { fallbackOnErrors: true });
 
     app.setGlobalPrefix("api");
+
     app.enableCors({
         origin: config.corsAllowedOrigin,
         methods: ["GET", "POST"],
         credentials: false,
-        exposedHeaders: [],
+        maxAge: 600,
     });
 
     app.useGlobalInterceptors(new ExceptionInterceptor(config.debug));
@@ -45,9 +46,34 @@ async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
         }),
     );
 
+    app.disable("x-powered-by");
+
     app.use(
         helmet({
-            contentSecurityPolicy: false, // configure this when API returns HTML
+            contentSecurityPolicy: {
+                directives: {
+                    "default-src": ["'none'"],
+                },
+                useDefaults: false, // Disable default directives
+            },
+            xFrameOptions: false, // Disable non-standard header
+            strictTransportSecurity: {
+                // Enable HSTS
+                maxAge: 63072000, // 2 years (recommended when subdomains are included)
+                includeSubDomains: true,
+                preload: true,
+            },
+            referrerPolicy: {
+                policy: "no-referrer", // No referrer information is sent along with requests
+            },
+            xContentTypeOptions: true, // value="nosniff" (prevent MIME sniffing)
+            xDnsPrefetchControl: false, // Disable non-standard header
+            xDownloadOptions: true, // value="noopen" (prevent IE from executing downloads in the context of the site)
+            xPermittedCrossDomainPolicies: true, // value="none" (prevent the browser from MIME sniffing)
+            originAgentCluster: true, // value=?1
+            crossOriginResourcePolicy: {
+                policy: "same-site", // This allows the resource to be shared with the same site (all subdomains/ports are included)
+            },
         }),
     );
     app.use(json({ limit: "1mb" })); // increase default limit of 100kb for saving large pages

site/next.config.js

@@ -24,50 +24,59 @@ const nextConfig = {
     experimental: {
         optimizePackageImports: ["@comet/cms-site"],
     },
+    poweredByHeader: false,
     // https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/security-headers
     headers: async () => [
         {
             source: "/:path*",
             headers: [
                 {
-                    key: "Strict-Transport-Security",
-                    value: "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload",
+                    key: "Content-Security-Policy",
+                    value: [
+                        "default-src 'self'", // Needed for svgs to work in Firefox (other browsers load svgs with img-src)
+                        "style-src-elem 'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
+                        "style-src-attr 'unsafe-inline'",
+                        "script-src-elem 'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
+                        `${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? "script-src 'unsafe-eval'" : ""}`, // Needed in local development
+                        `${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? "connect-src ws:" : ""}`, // Used for hot reloading in local development
+                        "font-src data:",
+                        "frame-src https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/",
+                        `img-src data: 'self' ${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? process.env.API_URL + "/" : ""}`,
+                        `${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? "" : "upgrade-insecure-requests"}`, // Don't use upgrade-insecure-requests with the Domain-Setup
+                    ].join("; "),
                 },
                 {
-                    key: "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy",
-                    value: "same-origin",
+                    key: "Strict-Transport-Security", // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security
+                    value: "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload", // 2 years (recommended when subdomains are included)
                 },
                 {
-                    key: "Permissions-Policy",
-                    value: "",
+                    key: "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy", // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy
+                    value: "same-origin", // Only allow the same origin to open the page in a browsing context
                 },
                 {
-                    key: "X-Content-Type-Options",
-                    value: "nosniff",
+                    key: "Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy",
+                    // This value should be set to 'require-corp' as soon as iframe credentialless is supported by all browsers
+                    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/IFrame_credentialless
+                    // https://caniuse.com/mdn-html_elements_iframe_credentialless
+                    value: "unsafe-none",
                 },
                 {
-                    key: "Referrer-Policy",
-                    value: "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
+                    key: "Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy", // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy
+                    value: "same-site", // Do not allow cross-origin requests to access the response
                 },
                 {
-                    key: "Content-Security-Policy",
-                    value: `
-                                default-src 'self';
-                                form-action 'self'; 
-                                object-src 'none';
-                                img-src 'self' https: data:${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? " http:" : ""};
-                                media-src 'self' https: data:${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? " http:" : ""};
-                                style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; 
-                                font-src 'self' https: data:;
-                                script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https:${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? " 'unsafe-eval'" : ""};
-                                connect-src 'self' https:${process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? " http:" : ""};
-                                frame-ancestors ${process.env.ADMIN_URL};
-                                upgrade-insecure-requests; 
-                                block-all-mixed-content;
-                                frame-src 'self' https://*.youtube.com https://*.youtube-nocookie.com;
-                            `
-                        .replace(/\s{2,}/g, " ")
-                        .trim(),
+                    //
+                    key: "Permissions-Policy", // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Permissions_Policy
+                    value: "",
+                },
+                {
+                    key: "X-Content-Type-Options", // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options
+                    value: "nosniff", // Prevent MIME sniffing
+                },
+                {
+                    // This should be changed when using web analytics tools. For example, use "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" for Google Analytics
+                    key: "Referrer-Policy", // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy
+                    value: "same-origin", // Only use referer on own domain.
                 },
                 ...(process.env.ADMIN_URL
                     ? [