public class XSSFilter implements Filter {
@Override
public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
}
@Override
public void destroy() {
}
@Override
public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain)
throws IOException, ServletException {
chain.doFilter(new XSSRequestWrapper((HttpServletRequest) request), response);
}
}
The wrapper overrides the getParameterValues(), getParameter() and getHeader() methods to execute the filtering before returning the desired field to the caller. The actual XSS checking and striping is performed in the stripXSS() private method.
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper;
public class XSSRequestWrapper extends HttpServletRequestWrapper {
public XSSRequestWrapper(HttpServletRequest servletRequest) {
super(servletRequest);
}
@Override
public String[] getParameterValues(String parameter) {
String[] values = super.getParameterValues(parameter);
if (values == null) {
return null;
}
int count = values.length;
String[] encodedValues = new String[count];
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
encodedValues[i] = stripXSS(values[i]);
}
return encodedValues;
}
@Override
public String getParameter(String parameter) {
String value = super.getParameter(parameter);
return stripXSS(value);
}
@Override
public String getHeader(String name) {
String value = super.getHeader(name);
return stripXSS(value);
}
private String stripXSS(String value) {
if (value != null) {
// NOTE: It's highly recommended to use the ESAPI library and uncomment the following line to
// avoid encoded attacks.
// value = ESAPI.encoder().canonicalize(value);
// Avoid null characters
value = value.replaceAll("", "");
// Avoid anything between script tags
Pattern scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("<script>(.*?)</script>", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Avoid anything in a src='...' type of expression
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("src[\r\n]*=[\r\n]*\\\'(.*?)\\\'", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("src[\r\n]*=[\r\n]*\\\"(.*?)\\\"", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Remove any lonesome </script> tag
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("</script>", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Remove any lonesome <script ...> tag
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("<script(.*?)>", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Avoid eval(...) expressions
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("eval\\((.*?)\\)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Avoid expression(...) expressions
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("expression\\((.*?)\\)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Avoid javascript:... expressions
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("javascript:", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Avoid vbscript:... expressions
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("vbscript:", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
// Avoid οnlοad= expressions
scriptPattern = Pattern.compile("onload(.*?)=", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
value = scriptPattern.matcher(value).replaceAll("");
}
return value;
}
}
Notice the comment about the ESAPI library, I strongly recommend you check it out and try to include it in your projects.
If you want to dig deeper on the topic I suggest you check out the OWASP page about XSS and RSnake’s XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Cheat Sheet.
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.in/tip/Using-ESAPI-to-fix-XSS-in-your-Java-code
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2012/07/anti-cross-site-scripting-xss-filter.html