ADF AjaxProxy CSRF Safe Mode

Enable the CSRF Safe Mode for local ajaxProxy requests

ADF 2.5's new security enhancement, "ajaxProxy CSRF Safe Mode" is disabled by default. This allows developers an opportunity to update their ADF and ADF App ajaxProxy related customizations, before enabling the CSRF attack prevention validation.

If your site is only using out of the box ADF and ADF Applications then you should enable the "ajaxProxy CSRF Safe Mode" immediately install or an upgrade.

How to Enable CSRF Safe Mode

1. In your ADF.cfc in the /_cs_apps/ folder in your site root, add the following line:

enableADFcsrfSafeMode(true);

For a new ADF installs, update the line enableADFcsrfSafeMode(false); found in your site's /_cs_apps/ADF.cfc file, from "false" to "true" (see above).

If your site has custom code which uses the ADF's ajaxProxy for local requests before you can enable "ajaxProxy CSRF Safe Mode", using the steps above, you will need to add the CSRF_Token parameter and the method call to get the CSRF_token value to your ajaxProxy calls. Once the "ajaxProxy CSRF Safe Mode" is enabled, the CSRF token key/value pair is required to be passed along with the local request as either a Data or URL parameter, otherwise your ajaxProxy requests will not validate and fail.

CSRF_Token as a Data parameter (using a jQuery.post):

jQuery.post("#application.ADF.ajaxProxy#",
{ 	
  bean: 'dataService',
  method: 'getData',
  CSRF_Token: '#application.ADF.csSecurity.getCSRF_Token()#'
}

CSRF_Token as a URL parameter (using a jQuery.get):

jQuery.get("#application.ADF.ajaxProxy#?bean=dataService&method=getData&CSRF_Token=#application.ADF.csSecurity.getCSRF_Token()#")

WARNING: Enabling the "CSRF Safe Mode" without using the ADF 2.5 ready Apps or updating custom ajaxProxy local requests will limit functionality!