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October27,2014

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inCodeIgniter

Why Hire Me?

Inthistutorial,wewilllearnhowtomakeourwebsitemoresecure&protect

7+yearsofexperienceinWeb

fromCSRFwhenweareusingCodeIgniterwebapplicationframework.We

Development

thanksCodeIgniterteamwhogivinginbuiltsupportCrossSiteRquest
Forgery(CSRForXSRF).

ExpertiseinCustomPHP&
MySql

ToenableCSRFprotectionCodeIgniterFrameworkwillautomatically
protectformsorAJAXcallsfromCSRFwhenweuseformhelperandin

ExpertiseinPHPFramework

customform,weneedtocallCSRFtokenname&itsvalueinhiddeninput

Yii&CI

fieldandsendwithPOSTrequests.

ExpertiseinOpenSource

Enable CSRF in Config file

CMS&Wordpress

ToenableCSRFprotectionweneedtomodifyconfigfileof

Ecommerce

CodeIgniterFramework.WejustneedtochangeTUREinsteadofFALSEin
ourapplication/config/config.phpfileforexample:$config['csrf_protection']=

ExpertiseinOpenSource

ExpertiseinVariousPayment
GatewayIntegrations

TRUE
ExperienceinResponsive
AfterchangingourwebapplicationissecurewithCSRFprotection.Butif

CSSFrameworkBootstrap&

weusedcustomforminsteadofCodeIgniterformhelperthePOSTrequest

Foundation

willfailandshowingfollowingerror:
Workunderyourspecialized
visionandconcepts
PricingisbothFairand
Reasonable
ItmeansourCSRFprotectionisworking,andweneedtoupdatetheforms
toaddaCSFRtokentothePOSTdata.

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Used CSRF Tokens using form


helper or Manually
WehavetwowaytoaddCSRFtokensifwearethinkingtoupdateyour
formwithCodeIgniterformhelperclassthenCSRFtokenswillautomatic
addedorifyouarethinkingtoadjustincustomformthenweneedtoadd
customhiddeninputnameanditsvalue.

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Whenwewilluseformhelperclass:

<?phpechoform_open(base_url('user/login'),array('id'

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=>'login','class'=>'login'))?>
<inputtype="text"name="username"/>
<inputtype="password"name="password"/>
<inputtype="submit"name="submit"value="Submit"/>
<?phpechoform_close()?>

October2014
August2014
July2014
October2013

Usingformhelperclasswillautomaticallyaddedinputfiledintotheform
witharandomtokenvaluetopreventCSRF.

December2009
September2009

Output:
July2009

<formaction="http://localhost/codeigniter/index.php"
method="post"acceptcharset="utf8"><div
style="display:none">
<inputtype="hidden"name="csrf_test_name"
value="0729bc908947526aa2e7951fb9066701"/>

May2009
February2009
November2008
September2008

<inputtype="text"name="username"/>
<inputtype="password"name="password"/>

August2008

<inputtype="submit"name="submit"value="Submit"/>

Whenweusecustomform:
WeneedtoaddainputfiledtopreventourcustomformwithCSRF.
Forexample:

<inputtype="hidden"name="<?phpecho$this>security

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Heisverynice
personallyand
professionally.Really
impressivejobs,

>get_csrf_token_name()?>"value="<?phpecho$this

communicationand

>security>get_csrf_hash()?>">

payment.Ialways
wanttoworkwith

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How to use in AJAX/jQuery Call

him.100%

IfweareusingAJAXinourwebapplicationandtokenisnotpasswith

JamesPow

POSTdatathenCodeIgniterwillreturnaerror500(InternalServerError).It

Australia

meanweneedtousedCSRFtokenalltheformsandpasswiththePOST
data.TherearemanywaytopassCSRFtokenwithPOSTdataandits
dependsonyoubecausethereareformshelperclasswhichis
automaticallyaddedandcustomfieldwhereweneedtomanuallycoded
andcallCSRFtokennameanditsrandomvalue.
ForExample:

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<!AddCSRFTokenasVariableintoHEAD>
<scripttype="text/javascript">

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varcsrf_token='<?phpecho$this>security
>get_csrf_hash()?>'
</script>
<!CallAJAXcodeandusedCSRFToken>

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<scripttype="text/javascript">
$.post('POSTURL',{data:'value','csrf_test_name':

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csrf_value},function(response){

Basicsecurityvulnerabilitiesinphp

//response
},'json')
</script>

code BasicSEO Beginner


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WebSite CodeIgniter

How to use CSRF in AJAX/jQuery


Serialization

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Framework CSRFinAJAX/jQuery
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Enablejavascriptmozillafirefox

IfyouarethinktousedAJAXSerializationthenyouhaveveryeasyandjust
openandclosedyourformusingformhelperclassofCodeIgniter.
Forexample:

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browser HowtoreduceCPUusage?
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<!createformwithopen_form()>
<?phpechoform_open(base_url('user/login'),array('id'
=>'login','class'=>'login'))?>
<inputtype="text"name="username"/>
<inputtype="password"name="password"/>

CPUusage nuSOAP

Others
PHP&
MYSQL

PHP

PHPSecurity

<inputtype="submit"name="submit"value="Submit"/>

phpwebservice PHPwebsitesecurity

<?phpechoform_close()?>

issue ReduceHighCPUusage

<!UpdateAJAXcodetopostserializeddata>
<scripttype="text/javascript">

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overload Regex Rule SEOConsult


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$.post(ajax_url,$('#login).serialize(),function(response

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){

SiteOptimization XML

//response
},'json')
</script>

Disable CSRF for Third Party API


WhenweareusingThirdPartyAPIorFacebookAPI/TwitterAPIinour
websiteapplicationthenweneedtodisableCSRFprotectioninthe
responsecontrollerorfunction(method).Forthisweneedtodisableour
controllerorfunctiononly,
Forexample:

if(isset($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])){
if(stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],'/ajax/')===
FALSEAND#allajaxcontrollers
stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],'/facebook_app/)
===FALSEAND#allfacebookcontrollers
stripos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],'/twitter_app/login')
===FALSEAND#onlyloginfunction
){
$config['csrf_protection']=TRUE
}else{
$config['csrf_protection']=FALSE
}
}else{
$config['csrf_protection']=TRUE
}

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