CSRF protection in an Angular app is a critical security concern. In most cases, this is done by setting up a CSRF token. However, there are other options to secure your site, including using Angular Authentication and OpenID Connect OIDC. Here are three options for CSRF protection:
CSRF token
One of the most common ways to protect your website from CSRF attacks is to use a CSRF token. This token is an HTTP header that is passed with every request and must be included in each request. If your site does not support CSRF tokens, you may use another solution to protect your website. One solution is to use an Angular Interceptor. This will enable your server to validate each request and pass the appropriate CSRF token to you.
CSRF tokens are generated using a special header added to each request. These are not sent across domains and should not be used to identify you and your website. However, if your frontend uses JavaScript to generate requests, you can add the X-CSRF-TOKEN header to every request. By following these steps, you’ll be protecting your application from CSRF attacks.
CSRF cookies
There are a few ways to implement CSRF cookies in your Angular application. The most straightforward method is to set a server token that contains the CSRF cookie’s value. This token is passed in the header of each request to the server. If the tokens are different, Angular rejects the request and displays a Basic authentication dialogue. To avoid this issue, consider enforcing CSRF cookies in an Angular application.
To set up CSRF cookies in an Angular app, import the HttpClientXsrfModule into your app. Then, set a value for CSRF-TOKEN in your application’s cookie. This cookie is sent with the request, which means that any javascript code that tries to access the CSRF cookie value cannot be executed.
Angular Authentication
One of the most fundamental and critical security concerns for any web application is the threat of cross-site scripting (CSRF). This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a web page, stealing user data or performing actions like impersonation. A common way to prevent this attack is to sanitize values in the HTML created by AngularJS. By default, Angular treats all values as untrusted and sanitizes them with a template. However, it is important to note that this is not sufficient to prevent an attack. In addition, private customized versions may not have important security enhancements. Therefore, if you want to contribute to this security issue, please make a pull request.
CSRF protection in an Angular app can be achieved through two methods: the use of cookies or server-side code. Cookie-based authentication uses a cookie to store a random authentication token. Client-side code then adds a custom request header containing the token, which the server compares to the cookie. The server will reject requests if there are any missing values. The server also checks if the server has the same authentication key stored in cookies as the token passed by the client.
OpenID Connect OIDC
How to implement CSRF protection in an Angular web application that uses OpenID Connect OIDC? OpenID Connect OIDC is an open-source authentication solution, which can be integrated into your Angular application to ensure security against CSRF attacks. Its CSRF protection mechanism involves a server-side program that sends a random token to the user’s browser, and Angular then reads the token from the cookie and passes it in headers to the server. This process allows you to verify that the user is authenticated, and the application will take action if they don’t.
An OpenID Connect ID token is a JWT containing information about the authenticated user. It does not require an API call and is sent via a redirect URI. The ID token is accompanied by a header, typically with two claims: the type of token and the signing algorithm, which is typically RS256. Other values may be used. The token header starts with a standardized string, such as ‘eyJhbGciOi’, followed by the first seven characters of the user.
References:
– https://dev-academy.com/angular-csrf-protection-implementation/
– https://dev-academy.com/angular-authentication-with-openid-connect/
