Unprotected mass assignment Open
sign_up_topic = SignUpTopic.new(attributes)
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Mass assignment is a feature of Rails which allows an application to create a record from the values of a hash.
Example:
User.new(params[:user])
Unfortunately, if there is a user field called admin
which controls administrator access, now any user can make themselves an administrator.
attr_accessible
and attr_protected
can be used to limit mass assignment. However, Brakeman will warn unless attr_accessible
is used, or mass assignment is completely disabled.
There are two different mass assignment warnings which can arise. The first is when mass assignment actually occurs, such as the example above. This results in a warning like
Unprotected mass assignment near line 61: User.new(params[:user])
The other warning is raised whenever a model is found which does not use attr_accessible
. This produces generic warnings like
Mass assignment is not restricted using attr_accessible
with a list of affected models.
In Rails 3.1 and newer, mass assignment can easily be disabled:
config.active_record.whitelist_attributes = true
Unfortunately, it can also easily be bypassed:
User.new(params[:user], :without_protection => true)
Brakeman will warn on uses of without_protection
.
Assignment Branch Condition size for define_attributes is too high. [19.54/15] Open
def self.define_attributes(row_hash)
attributes = {}
attributes["topic_identifier"] = row_hash[:topic_identifier].strip
attributes["topic_name"] = row_hash[:topic_name].strip
attributes["max_choosers"] = row_hash[:max_choosers].strip
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This cop checks that the ABC size of methods is not higher than the configured maximum. The ABC size is based on assignments, branches (method calls), and conditions. See http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AbcMetric
Method define_attributes
has a Cognitive Complexity of 6 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
def self.define_attributes(row_hash)
attributes = {}
attributes["topic_identifier"] = row_hash[:topic_identifier].strip
attributes["topic_name"] = row_hash[:topic_name].strip
attributes["max_choosers"] = row_hash[:max_choosers].strip
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
Extra empty line detected at module body beginning. Open
def self.define_attributes(row_hash)
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This cops checks if empty lines around the bodies of modules match the configuration.
Example: EnforcedStyle: empty_lines
# good
module Foo
def bar
# ...
end
end
Example: EnforcedStyle: emptylinesexcept_namespace
# good
module Foo
module Bar
# ...
end
end
Example: EnforcedStyle: emptylinesspecial
# good
module Foo
def bar; end
end
Example: EnforcedStyle: noemptylines (default)
# good
module Foo
def bar
# ...
end
end