[keycloak-user] Link to Account Page

Rodrigo Sasaki rodrigopsasaki at gmail.com
Thu Oct 9 09:54:07 EDT 2014


JIRA created: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-746

Just out of curiosity, how would that be fixed? A simple test on
request.getHttpMethod? or with something a little more complex?

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Stian Thorgersen <stian at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>



-- 
Rodrigo Sasaki
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