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Allow open redirect for Rails 7.0 in #redirect_back_or_to method #351

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@berkos berkos commented Oct 26, 2023

👋 Thanks for the review in advance.
Fixes open redirect for Rails 7.0
https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Redirecting.html#method-i-redirect_to-label-Open+Redirect+protection

The PR here follows a similar approach with #318
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@berkos berkos changed the title Allow open redirect for Rails 7.0 Allow open redirect for Rails 7.0 in #redirect_back_or_to method Oct 26, 2023
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def redirect_back_or_to(url, flash_hash = {})
redirect_to(session[:return_to_url] || url, flash: flash_hash)
redirect_to(session[:return_to_url] || url, flash: flash_hash, allow_other_host: true)
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The redirect_back_or_to method, unlike what's described in #318, might accept user input depending on how it's used. Therefore, it would be more secure and preferable to not set allow_other_host to true by default, but rather, to provide it as an argument.

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