[keycloak-user] Link to Account Page

[Stian Thorgersen]

That's a bug, it should only be checking that if it's a post. Can you create a jira please?

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodrigo Sasaki" <rodrigopsasaki at gmail.com>
> To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> Cc: keycloak-user at lists.jboss.org
> Sent: Thursday, 9 October, 2014 3:27:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [keycloak-user] Link to Account Page
> 
> When I invoke that URL it calles the init() method, inside
> AccountService.java and inside that method there is this verification:
> 
> String referrer = headers.getRequestHeaders().getFirst("Referer");
> if (referrer != null &&
> !requestOrigin.equals(UriUtils.getOrigin(referrer))) {
>     throw new ForbiddenException();
> }
> 
> the referrer is from our server, but the requestOrigin points to the
> keycloak server, so they never match
> 
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Stian Thorgersen <stian at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > You can link to the account page with the following link:
> >
> >   https://<KEYCLOAK SERVER>/auth/realms/<REALM NAME>/account
> >
> > You can also have an option to get a link back to your application by
> > adding either referrer or referrer_uri query param:
> >
> > * referrer - your applications id (this requires "Default Redirect URL" to
> > be set for your application)
> > * referrer_uri - the uri to return to (this requires referrer_uri to be a
> > valid redirect uri for your application)
> >
> > We do this in the admin console, so you can look at how it works there.
> > Login to the admin console, click on your username in the top-right corner,
> > and click on 'Manage account'. In the account management there's now in the
> > top-right corner 'Back to security-admin-console'. If you try edit the url
> > to remove '?referrer=security-admin-console' you'll see this link is no
> > longer there.
> >
> >
> > I've got no idea what validation you're talking about that that checks the
> > referrer is the same as the server. Maybe it's the fact that for an update
> > (post) we only allow a post originating from the Keycloak server? That
> > doesn't stop you from linking to the account page, but it stops you from
> > posting to it.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rodrigo Sasaki" <rodrigopsasaki at gmail.com>
> > > To: keycloak-user at lists.jboss.org
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 11:29:17 PM
> > > Subject: [keycloak-user] Link to Account Page
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am trying to create a link on our application to go directly to
> > Keycloak's
> > > Account Page, so the user can alter his information, but it doesn't work.
> > >
> > > I saw that there is a validation that assures that the referrer is the
> > same
> > > as the server, for example: I can only access the account app inside my
> > > localhost:8080 if the referrer is also in localhost:8080.
> > >
> > > Is it supposed to be like this? Is there a way for me to create a
> > hyperlink
> > > from my application directly to Keycloak's Account Page? Given that my
> > own
> > > application is secured by Keycloak, I think it should be possible.
> > >
> > > Is this the correct behavior?
> > >
> > > Thanks again!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rodrigo Sasaki
> > >
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> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Rodrigo Sasaki
>