security: implement CSRF protection and improve session cookie security (fixing NK-gfh33y)

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/frontend/src/utils.ts b/frontend/src/utils.ts
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+export function getCookie(name: string): string | undefined {
+    const value = `; ${document.cookie}`;
+    const parts = value.split(`; ${name}=`);
+    if (parts.length === 2) return parts.pop()?.split(';').shift();
+}
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper around fetch that automatically includes the CSRF token
+ * for state-changing requests (POST, PUT, DELETE).
+ */
+export async function apiFetch(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit): Promise<Response> {
+    const method = init?.method?.toUpperCase() || 'GET';
+    const isStateChanging = ['POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'].includes(method);
+
+    const headers = new Headers(init?.headers || {});
+
+    if (isStateChanging) {
+        const token = getCookie('csrf_token');
+        if (token) {
+            headers.set('X-CSRF-Token', token);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Ensure requests are treated as coming from our own origin if needed,
+    // but for a same-origin API, standard fetch defaults are usually fine.
+
+    return fetch(input, {
+        ...init,
+        headers,
+    });
+}