Opened 8 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

#27534 closed Cleanup/optimization

Add CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY note to CSRF AJAX docs — at Version 1

Reported by: Andrew Charles Owned by: nobody
Component: Documentation Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Tim Graham)

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#csrf-cookie-httponly
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/csrf/#ajax

There should be a note in the CSRF AJAX docs that the CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY setting will prevent non-safe ajax calls from working (if using the js provided). It should note that you have to include the csrf token via the template tag {% csrf_token %}, and update the js with something like this:

var csrftoken = getCookie('csrftoken');
if (csrftoken === null) {
    csrftoken = $('input[name="csrfmiddlewaretoken"]').val();
    if (csrftoken === null) {
        console.log('No csrf token');
    }
}

This is my first Django issue/ticket, sorry if I missed anything.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by Tim Graham, 8 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Summary: Add CSRF_COOKIE_HTTP_ONLY note to CSRF AJAX docsAdd CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY note to CSRF AJAX docs
Type: UncategorizedCleanup/optimization
Version: master

It seems fine, but allegedly CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY doesn't provide any additional security. So I'm not sure if we're wasting our time enhancing its documentation rather than deemphasizing it in the documentation (or even removing it)?

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