Don't allow anonymous users to upload files by poking the upload endpoint directly

dev.xml

@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ configure_settings = {
         },
     ],
     'ROOT_URLCONF': 'tests.urls',
+    'MIDDLEWARE': [
+        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    ],
 }
 
 settings.configure(**configure_settings)
@@ -289,6 +296,13 @@ configure_settings = {
         },
     ],
     'ROOT_URLCONF': 'tests.urls',
+    'MIDDLEWARE': [
+        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    ],
 }
 
 settings.configure(**configure_settings)

docs-src/customization.md

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ You may place any of the variables outlined in this page in your `settings.py`,
 * [`MARKDOWNX_MARKDOWN_EXTENSION_CONFIGS`](#markdownx_markdown_extension_configs)
 * [`MARKDOWNX_URLS_PATH`](#markdownx_urls_path)
 * [`MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_URLS_PATH`](#markdownx_upload_urls_path)
+* [`MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS`](#markdownx_upload_allow_anonymous)
 * [`MARKDOWNX_MEDIA_PATH`](#markdownx_media_path)
 * [`MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE`](#markdownx_upload_max_size)
 * [`MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPES`](#markdownx_upload_content_types)
@@ -152,6 +153,18 @@ Relative URL to which the Markdown text is sent to be encoded as HTML.
 MARKDOWNX_URLS_PATH = '/markdownx/markdownify/'
 ```
 
+
+### `MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS`
+
+Default: `False`
+
+Set to `True` if you wish to allow image uploads from anonymous (unauthenticated) users. If you are using MarkdownX in your admin exclusively, or otherwise only to users who are authenticated, you almost certainly do not want to change this from the default of `False`.
+
+```python
+MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS = False
+```
+
+
 ### `MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_URLS_PATH`
 
 Default: `'/markdownx/upload/'`

docs-src/installation.md

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Django MarkdownX may be installed directly using Python Package Index (PyPi):
 python3 -m pip install django-markdownx
 ```
 
+`request.user` must be available via some middleware if you wish to restrict
+uploads to logged-in users via the `MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS` setting.
+Most likely, you are using `django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware`
+already, which sets this attribute.
+
 ## From the source
 
 Should you wish to download and install it using the source code, you can do as follows:

markdownx/settings.py

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ def _mdx(var, default):
 
 # Image
 # --------------------
+MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS = _mdx('UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS', False)
+
 MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE = _mdx('UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE', FIFTY_MEGABYTES)
 
 MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPES = _mdx('UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPES', VALID_CONTENT_TYPES)

markdownx/tests/tests.py

@@ -1,18 +1,51 @@
 import os
 import re
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from unittest import mock
+
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 
 class SimpleTest(TestCase):
 
-    def test_upload(self):
+    @contextmanager
+    def _get_image_fp(self):
+        full_path = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(__file__),
+            'static',
+            'django-markdownx-preview.png',
+        )
+        with open(full_path, 'rb') as fp:
+            yield fp
+
+    def test_upload_anonymous_fails(self):
         url = reverse('markdownx_upload')
-        with open('markdownx/tests/static/django-markdownx-preview.png', 'rb') as fp:
+
+        # Test that image upload fails for an anonymous user when
+        # MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS is the default False.
+        with self._get_image_fp() as fp:
             response = self.client.post(url, {'image': fp}, HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest')
-            json = response.json()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+
+    def test_upload_anonymous_succeeds_with_setting(self):
+        """
+        Ensures that uploads succeed when MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS
+        is True. This implicitly tests the authenticated case as well.
+        """
+        url = reverse('markdownx_upload')
+
+        # A patch is required here because the view sets the
+        # MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS at first import, reading from
+        # django.conf.settings once, which means Django's standard
+        # override_settings helper does not work. There's probably a case for
+        # re-working the app-local settings.
+        with mock.patch('markdownx.settings.MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS', True):
+            with self._get_image_fp() as fp:
+                response = self.client.post(url, {'image': fp}, HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest')
 
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        json = response.json()
         self.assertIn('image_code', json)
 
         match = re.findall(r'(markdownx/[\w\-]+\.png)', json['image_code'])

markdownx/views.py

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from django.views.generic.edit import BaseFormView
 from django.views.generic.edit import View
 
+from . import settings
 from .forms import ImageForm
-from .settings import MARKDOWNX_MARKDOWNIFY_FUNCTION
 
-markdownify_func = import_string(MARKDOWNX_MARKDOWNIFY_FUNCTION)
+markdownify_func = import_string(settings.MARKDOWNX_MARKDOWNIFY_FUNCTION)
 
 
 class MarkdownifyView(View):
@@ -39,6 +40,20 @@ class ImageUploadView(BaseFormView):
     form_class = ImageForm
     success_url = '/'
 
+    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Raises PermissionDenied if the current user is not authenticated and
+        MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS is not set.
+
+        :param request: Django request
+        :type request: django.http.request.HttpRequest
+        :rtype: django.http.JsonResponse, django.http.HttpResponse
+        """
+        if not settings.MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS and not request.user.is_authenticated:
+            raise PermissionDenied
+
+        return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def form_invalid(self, form):
         """
         Handling of invalid form events.