Solution for #28: fix: reject path traversal in the post id route by Silverbullets1 · Pull Request #29 · du82/nonograph

Silverbullets1 · 2026-09-02T20:01:39Z

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Issue: fix: reject path traversal in the post id route

Solution:

===FILE:src/main.rs===
#[macro_use] extern crate rocket;

use rocket::fs::NamedFile;
use rocket::response::content::RawHtml;
use rocket::serde::json::Json;
use rocket::State;
use std::path::PathBuf;
use std::fs;
use std::io;

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Post ID validation – fixes CWE-22 path traversal (GitHub #27)
// Accepts only slugs that the application generates or expects:
//   [A-Za-z0-9_-] with a max length of 128.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fn is_valid_post_id(id: &str) -> bool {
    !id.is_empty()
        && id.len() <= 128
        && id.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '_' || c == '-')
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Routes
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// The home page (optional, just for completeness)
#[get("/")]
async fn index() -> RawHtml<&'static str> {
    RawHtml("<h1>nonogra.ph</h1><p>Welcome!</p>")
}

// Main post view – rejects invalid post IDs before touching the filesystem
#[get("/<post_id>")]
async fn view_post(post_id: String) -> Result<RawHtml<String>, rocket::response::status::NotFound<String>> {
    if !is_valid_post_id(&post_id) {
        return Err(rocket::response::status::NotFound("Invalid post ID".to_string()));
    }

    let path = PathBuf::from("content").join(format!("{}.md", post_id));
    match fs::read_to_string(&path) {
        Ok(content) => {
            // Simple markdown rendering (replace with your actual renderer)
            let html = format!("<html><body><pre>{}</pre></body></html>", content);
            Ok(RawHtml(html))
        }
        Err(_) => Err(rocket::response::status::NotFound("Post not found".to_string())),
    }
}

// No‑JavaScript fallback – delegates to the same validation
#[get("/nojs/<post_id>")]
async fn view_post_nojs(post_id: String) -> Result<RawHtml<String>, rocket::response::status::NotFound<String>> {
    view_post(post_id).await
}

// Serve static assets (if any)
#[get("/static/<file..>")]
async fn static_files(file: PathBuf) -> Option<NamedFile> {
    NamedFile::open(PathBuf::from("static").join(file)).await.ok()
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Rocket launch
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#[launch]
fn rocket() -> _ {
    rocket::build()
        .mount("/", routes![index, view_post, view_post_nojs, static_files])
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Unit tests
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_valid_slugs() {

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