[TikiWiki-commits] [Git][tikiwiki/tiki][24.x] [FIX] Language custom.php: block path traversal and PHP injection in translation editor

Espoir Baraka pushed to branch 24.x at Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware / Tiki


Commits:
17977134 by Espoir Baraka at 2026-08-17T15:09:18+02:00
[FIX] Language custom.php: block path traversal and PHP injection in translation editor
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* [FIX] Language custom.php: block path traversal and PHP injection in translation editor
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* [FIX] Language custom.php: block path traversal and PHP injection in translation editor
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* [FIX] Language custom.php: block path traversal and PHP injection in translation editor
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* [FIX] Language custom.php: block path traversal and PHP injection in translation editor
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* Refactored language path retrieval to ensure custom PHP files are correctly resolved within the language directory.
* Introduced validation methods to prevent path traversal and ensure valid language codes.

(cherry picked from commit 17308932091c13c552c4951cb487aa25a6085139)

See merge request tikiwiki/tiki!10904

(cherry picked from commit a382e8be768d8b9653f9f554da2803fb29f35f48)

See merge request tikiwiki/tiki!10905

(cherry picked from commit ac64780c5cd63a92bc68e1eff1a33e2ee79c8951)

See merge request tikiwiki/tiki!10906

(cherry picked from commit a325dfa57d86015475152a492f66ea0e796e8a19)

See merge request tikiwiki/tiki!10907

- - - - -


3 changed files:

- lib/core/Services/Language/Controller.php
- lib/core/Services/Language/Utilities.php
- + lib/test/core/Services/Language/UtilitiesTest.php


Changes:

=====================================
lib/core/Services/Language/Controller.php
=====================================
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ class Services_Language_Controller
         $languages = $this->utilities->getLanguages();
 
         //get custom php file location
-        $custom_php_file = $this->utilities->getLanguageDirectory($language);
-        $custom_php_file .= 'custom.php';
+        $custom_php_file = $this->utilities->getCustomPhpPath($language);
         if (! file_exists($custom_php_file)) {
             $custom_php_file = null;
         }


=====================================
lib/core/Services/Language/Utilities.php
=====================================
@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ class Services_Language_Utilities
         return $languages;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ensure $language is a real on-disk language code (no path segments / traversal).
+     *
+     * @param string $language Language code (eg: en)
+     *
+     * @throws Services_Exception
+     */
+    public function assertValidLanguage($language)
+    {
+        $langLib = TikiLib::lib('language');
+        if (! is_string($language) || $language === '' || ! $langLib->is_valid_language($language)) {
+            throw new Services_Exception(tr('Invalid language provided'), 400);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get language directory generally and for a specific language too
      *
@@ -181,23 +196,60 @@ class Services_Language_Utilities
      *
      * @return string $langDir The directory path languages or to a language specifically
      *
+     * @throws Services_Exception
      */
     public function getLanguageDirectory($language = '')
     {
         $langDir = "lang/";
 
         if (! empty($language)) {
+            $this->assertValidLanguage($language);
             $langDir .= "$language/";
         }
 
         global $tikidomain;
         if (! empty($tikidomain)) {
+            // tikidomain is an internal install path segment; reject traversal if ever set from untrusted input
+            if (! is_string($tikidomain) || $tikidomain === '' || strpbrk($tikidomain, '/\\') !== false || str_contains($tikidomain, '..')) {
+                throw new Services_Exception(tr('Invalid language provided'), 400);
+            }
             $langDir .= "$tikidomain/";
         }
 
         return $langDir;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Resolve custom.php path for a language and ensure it stays under lang/.
+     *
+     * @param string $language Language code (eg: en)
+     *
+     * @return string Relative path to custom.php
+     *
+     * @throws Services_Exception
+     */
+    public function getCustomPhpPath($language)
+    {
+        $this->assertValidLanguage($language);
+
+        $custom_file = $this->getLanguageDirectory($language) . 'custom.php';
+        $langRoot = realpath('lang');
+        $languageDir = realpath(dirname($custom_file));
+
+        if (
+            $langRoot === false
+            || $languageDir === false
+            || (
+                $languageDir !== $langRoot
+                && ! str_starts_with($languageDir, $langRoot . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
+            )
+        ) {
+            throw new Services_Exception(tr('Invalid language provided'), 400);
+        }
+
+        return $custom_file;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check if lang/ directory is readable generally and for a specific language too
      *
@@ -265,8 +317,7 @@ class Services_Language_Utilities
      */
     public function getCustomPhpTranslations($language)
     {
-        $custom_file = $this->getLanguageDirectory($language);
-        $custom_file .= 'custom.php';
+        $custom_file = $this->getCustomPhpPath($language);
 
         if (file_exists($custom_file)) {
             include($custom_file);
@@ -308,23 +359,19 @@ class Services_Language_Utilities
      */
     public function writeCustomPhpTranslations($language, $data)
     {
-        //prepare custom file path
-        $custom_file = $this->getLanguageDirectory($language);
-
-        //add file name
-        $custom_file .= 'custom.php';
-
-        //prepare php file
-        $custom_code = "<?php\r\n\$lang_custom = array(\r\n";
+        $custom_file = $this->getCustomPhpPath($language);
 
         if (! is_array($data)) {
             throw new Services_Exception(tr('String translation set is not an array'), 400);
         }
 
-        //add translations
+        //prepare php file — escape for double-quoted PHP strings (backslash before quote, etc.)
+        $custom_code = "<?php\r\n\$lang_custom = array(\r\n";
+
         foreach ($data as $from => $to) {
-            if (! empty($from)) {
-                $custom_code .= '"' . str_replace('"', '\\"', $from) . '" => "' . str_replace('"', '\\"', $to) . "\",\r\n";
+            if ($from !== '' && $from !== null) {
+                $custom_code .= '"' . Language::addPhpSlashes((string) $from) . '" => "'
+                    . Language::addPhpSlashes((string) $to) . "\",\r\n";
             }
         }
 


=====================================
lib/test/core/Services/Language/UtilitiesTest.php
=====================================
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+
+// (c) Copyright by authors of the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Project
+//
+// All Rights Reserved. See copyright.txt for details and a complete list of authors.
+// Licensed under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. See license.txt for details.
+
+use Services_Exception;
+use Services_Language_Utilities;
+use TikiTestCase;
+
+class Services_Language_UtilitiesTest extends TikiTestCase
+{
+    private $utilities;
+    private $customFile;
+    private $hadCustomFile = false;
+    private $previousCustomContents = '';
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->utilities = new Services_Language_Utilities();
+        $this->customFile = 'lang/en/custom.php';
+        $this->hadCustomFile = file_exists($this->customFile);
+        if ($this->hadCustomFile) {
+            $this->previousCustomContents = file_get_contents($this->customFile);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        if ($this->hadCustomFile) {
+            file_put_contents($this->customFile, $this->previousCustomContents);
+        } elseif (file_exists($this->customFile)) {
+            unlink($this->customFile);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testRejectsPathTraversalLanguage(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(Services_Exception::class);
+        $this->utilities->assertValidLanguage('../temp');
+    }
+
+    public function testRejectsPathTraversalOnWrite(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(Services_Exception::class);
+        $this->utilities->writeCustomPhpTranslations('../temp', [
+            'k' => '\");echo \'PWNED\';?>',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function testEscapesBackslashQuoteInjection(): void
+    {
+        $payload = '\");echo \'PWNED-CUSTOM-PHP\';?>';
+        $this->utilities->writeCustomPhpTranslations('en', [
+            'hello' => $payload,
+        ]);
+
+        $contents = file_get_contents($this->customFile);
+        // Escaped form inside the double-quoted PHP value is \\\");echo (three backslashes then quote)
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('\\\\\\");echo', $contents);
+
+        // Including the file must restore the literal payload, not execute injected PHP
+        $lang = [];
+        $lang_custom = null;
+        ob_start();
+        include $this->customFile;
+        $stdout = ob_get_clean();
+
+        $this->assertSame('', $stdout);
+        $this->assertIsArray($lang_custom);
+        $this->assertSame($payload, $lang_custom['hello']);
+        $this->assertSame($payload, $lang['hello']);
+    }
+}



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