Unprotected mass assignment Open
@image_file = ImageFile.update_attributes(params[:image_file]) if !params[:image_file][:uploaded_data].blank?
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- Exclude checks
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
.
Unprotected mass assignment Open
@still_image.attributes = params[:still_image]
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- Exclude checks
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
.
Unprotected mass assignment Open
@still_image = StillImage.new(params[:still_image])
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- Exclude checks
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 create is too high. [46.28/15] Open
def create
@still_image = StillImage.new
# There appears to be a bug in either Passenger or Rack that causes blank params with no
# decendant values to be removed from the params hash by the time it reaches Rails
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- Exclude checks
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 has too many lines. [31/10] Open
def create
@still_image = StillImage.new
# There appears to be a bug in either Passenger or Rack that causes blank params with no
# decendant values to be removed from the params hash by the time it reaches Rails
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks if the length of a method exceeds some maximum value. Comment lines can optionally be ignored. The maximum allowed length is configurable.
Assignment Branch Condition size for show is too high. [30.23/15] Open
def show
@still_image = prepare_item_and_vars
@comments = @still_image.non_pending_comments
@creator = @still_image.creator
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- Exclude checks
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
Assignment Branch Condition size for update is too high. [25.79/15] Open
def update
@still_image = StillImage.find(params[:id])
version_after_update = @still_image.max_version + 1
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- Exclude checks
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 has too many lines. [15/10] Open
def show
@still_image = prepare_item_and_vars
@comments = @still_image.non_pending_comments
@creator = @still_image.creator
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks if the length of a method exceeds some maximum value. Comment lines can optionally be ignored. The maximum allowed length is configurable.
Method create
has a Cognitive Complexity of 15 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
def create
@still_image = StillImage.new
# There appears to be a bug in either Passenger or Rack that causes blank params with no
# decendant values to be removed from the params hash by the time it reaches Rails
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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
Method has too many lines. [12/10] Open
def update
@still_image = StillImage.find(params[:id])
version_after_update = @still_image.max_version + 1
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks if the length of a method exceeds some maximum value. Comment lines can optionally be ignored. The maximum allowed length is configurable.
Cyclomatic complexity for create is too high. [7/6] Open
def create
@still_image = StillImage.new
# There appears to be a bug in either Passenger or Rack that causes blank params with no
# decendant values to be removed from the params hash by the time it reaches Rails
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks that the cyclomatic complexity of methods is not higher than the configured maximum. The cyclomatic complexity is the number of linearly independent paths through a method. The algorithm counts decision points and adds one.
An if statement (or unless or ?:) increases the complexity by one. An else branch does not, since it doesn't add a decision point. The && operator (or keyword and) can be converted to a nested if statement, and ||/or is shorthand for a sequence of ifs, so they also add one. Loops can be said to have an exit condition, so they add one.
Perceived complexity for create is too high. [8/7] Open
def create
@still_image = StillImage.new
# There appears to be a bug in either Passenger or Rack that causes blank params with no
# decendant values to be removed from the params hash by the time it reaches Rails
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- Exclude checks
This cop tries to produce a complexity score that's a measure of the
complexity the reader experiences when looking at a method. For that
reason it considers when
nodes as something that doesn't add as much
complexity as an if
or a &&
. Except if it's one of those special
case
/when
constructs where there's no expression after case
. Then
the cop treats it as an if
/elsif
/elsif
... and lets all the when
nodes count. In contrast to the CyclomaticComplexity cop, this cop
considers else
nodes as adding complexity.
Example:
def my_method # 1
if cond # 1
case var # 2 (0.8 + 4 * 0.2, rounded)
when 1 then func_one
when 2 then func_two
when 3 then func_three
when 4..10 then func_other
end
else # 1
do_something until a && b # 2
end # ===
end # 7 complexity points
Assignment Branch Condition size for list is too high. [15.65/15] Open
def list
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to basket_still_image_index_path }
format.rss do
date = DateTime.parse(params[:updated_since]) if params[:updated_since]
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- Exclude checks
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 create
has 31 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
def create
@still_image = StillImage.new
# There appears to be a bug in either Passenger or Rack that causes blank params with no
# decendant values to be removed from the params hash by the time it reaches Rails
Method list
has a Cognitive Complexity of 6 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
def list
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to basket_still_image_index_path }
format.rss do
date = DateTime.parse(params[:updated_since]) if params[:updated_since]
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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
Avoid more than 3 levels of block nesting. Open
if params[:selected_portrait]
UserPortraitRelation.make_portrait_selected_for(current_user, @still_image)
end
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks for excessive nesting of conditional and looping constructs.
You can configure if blocks are considered using the CountBlocks
option. When set to false
(the default) blocks are not counted
towards the nesting level. Set to true
to count blocks as well.
The maximum level of nesting allowed is configurable.
TODO found Open
# TODO: allow current_user whom is at least moderator to pick another user
- Exclude checks
Similar blocks of code found in 6 locations. Consider refactoring. Open
def list
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to basket_still_image_index_path }
format.rss do
date = DateTime.parse(params[:updated_since]) if params[:updated_since]
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Duplicated Code
Duplicated code can lead to software that is hard to understand and difficult to change. The Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle states:
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system.
When you violate DRY, bugs and maintenance problems are sure to follow. Duplicated code has a tendency to both continue to replicate and also to diverge (leaving bugs as two similar implementations differ in subtle ways).
Tuning
This issue has a mass of 40.
We set useful threshold defaults for the languages we support but you may want to adjust these settings based on your project guidelines.
The threshold configuration represents the minimum mass a code block must have to be analyzed for duplication. The lower the threshold, the more fine-grained the comparison.
If the engine is too easily reporting duplication, try raising the threshold. If you suspect that the engine isn't catching enough duplication, try lowering the threshold. The best setting tends to differ from language to language.
See codeclimate-duplication
's documentation for more information about tuning the mass threshold in your .codeclimate.yml
.
Refactorings
- Extract Method
- Extract Class
- Form Template Method
- Introduce Null Object
- Pull Up Method
- Pull Up Field
- Substitute Algorithm
Further Reading
- Don't Repeat Yourself on the C2 Wiki
- Duplicated Code on SourceMaking
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler. Duplicated Code, p76
Redundant curly braces around a hash parameter. Open
@image_file = ImageFile.new(params[:image_file].merge({
file_private: params[:still_image][:file_private],
item_private: params[:still_image][:private]
}))
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks for braces around the last parameter in a method call
if the last parameter is a hash.
It supports braces
, no_braces
and context_dependent
styles.
Example: EnforcedStyle: braces
# The `braces` style enforces braces around all method
# parameters that are hashes.
# bad
some_method(x, y, a: 1, b: 2)
# good
some_method(x, y, {a: 1, b: 2})
Example: EnforcedStyle: no_braces (default)
# The `no_braces` style checks that the last parameter doesn't
# have braces around it.
# bad
some_method(x, y, {a: 1, b: 2})
# good
some_method(x, y, a: 1, b: 2)
Example: EnforcedStyle: context_dependent
# The `context_dependent` style checks that the last parameter
# doesn't have braces around it, but requires braces if the
# second to last parameter is also a hash literal.
# bad
some_method(x, y, {a: 1, b: 2})
some_method(x, y, {a: 1, b: 2}, a: 1, b: 2)
# good
some_method(x, y, a: 1, b: 2)
some_method(x, y, {a: 1, b: 2}, {a: 1, b: 2})
Favor unless
over if
for negative conditions. Open
@image_file = ImageFile.update_attributes(params[:image_file]) if !params[:image_file][:uploaded_data].blank?
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- Exclude checks
Checks for uses of if with a negated condition. Only ifs without else are considered. There are three different styles:
- both
- prefix
- postfix
Example: EnforcedStyle: both (default)
# enforces `unless` for `prefix` and `postfix` conditionals
# bad
if !foo
bar
end
# good
unless foo
bar
end
# bad
bar if !foo
# good
bar unless foo
Example: EnforcedStyle: prefix
# enforces `unless` for just `prefix` conditionals
# bad
if !foo
bar
end
# good
unless foo
bar
end
# good
bar if !foo
Example: EnforcedStyle: postfix
# enforces `unless` for just `postfix` conditionals
# bad
bar if !foo
# good
bar unless foo
# good
if !foo
bar
end
Prefer Date or Time over DateTime. Open
date = DateTime.now.beginning_of_month if date.nil?
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks for uses of DateTime
that should be replaced by
Date
or Time
.
Example:
# bad - uses `DateTime` for current time
DateTime.now
# good - uses `Time` for current time
Time.now
# bad - uses `DateTime` for modern date
DateTime.iso8601('2016-06-29')
# good - uses `Date` for modern date
Date.iso8601('2016-06-29')
# good - uses `DateTime` with start argument for historical date
DateTime.iso8601('1751-04-23', Date::ENGLAND)
Use @portraits_total_count.positive?
instead of @portraits_total_count > 0
. Open
@viewer_portraits = @portraits_total_count > 0 ? @still_image.creator.portraits.all(exclude.merge(limit: 12)) : nil
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks for usage of comparison operators (==
,
>
, <
) to test numbers as zero, positive, or negative.
These can be replaced by their respective predicate methods.
The cop can also be configured to do the reverse.
The cop disregards #nonzero?
as it its value is truthy or falsey,
but not true
and false
, and thus not always interchangeable with
!= 0
.
The cop ignores comparisons to global variables, since they are often
populated with objects which can be compared with integers, but are
not themselves Interger
polymorphic.
Example: EnforcedStyle: predicate (default)
# bad
foo == 0
0 > foo
bar.baz > 0
# good
foo.zero?
foo.negative?
bar.baz.positive?
Example: EnforcedStyle: comparison
# bad
foo.zero?
foo.negative?
bar.baz.positive?
# good
foo == 0
0 > foo
bar.baz > 0
Prefer Date or Time over DateTime. Open
date = DateTime.parse(params[:updated_since]) if params[:updated_since]
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- Exclude checks
This cop checks for uses of DateTime
that should be replaced by
Date
or Time
.
Example:
# bad - uses `DateTime` for current time
DateTime.now
# good - uses `Time` for current time
Time.now
# bad - uses `DateTime` for modern date
DateTime.iso8601('2016-06-29')
# good - uses `Date` for modern date
Date.iso8601('2016-06-29')
# good - uses `DateTime` with start argument for historical date
DateTime.iso8601('1751-04-23', Date::ENGLAND)