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fix(reports): authorize non-core report targets on create and update #7864

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fix(reports): authorize non-core report targets on create and update
ar2rsawseen Jul 29, 2026
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test(reports): cover authorization of non-core report targets
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test(reports): cover a dashboards report for a shared dashboard
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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## Version 25.03.xx
Fixes:
- [reports] Non-core reports, such as dashboard reports, now authorize the object they target on create and update
- [events] Fix sum chart tooltip displaying the raw floating-point value instead of a rounded number

## Version 25.03.50
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164 changes: 99 additions & 65 deletions plugins/reports/api/api.js
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Expand Up @@ -265,6 +265,24 @@ const FEATURE_NAME = 'reports';
//report for arbitrary apps.
props.report_type = props.report_type || "core";

/**
* Insert the authorized report document
* @returns {void}
*/
function insertReport() {
common.db.collection('reports').insert(props, function(err0, result) {
result = result.ops;
if (err0) {
err0 = err0.err;
common.returnMessage(params, 200, err0);
}
else {
plugins.dispatch("/systemlogs", {params: params, action: "reports_create", data: result[0]});
common.returnMessage(params, 200, "Success");
}
});
}

if (props.report_type === "core") {
if (!props.apps || !Array.isArray(props.apps) || props.apps.length === 0) {
common.returnMessage(params, 400, 'Invalid or missing apps');
Expand All @@ -284,19 +302,22 @@ const FEATURE_NAME = 'reports';
return common.returnMessage(params, 401, 'User does not have right to access this information');
}
}
insertReport();
}
else {
//a non-core report targets another plugin's object - a
//"dashboards" report renders the dashboard named in
//props.dashboards - and only that plugin knows whether the
//member may use it. Previously nothing checked this, so any
//member with reports-create rights could schedule a report
//against an arbitrary dashboard id.
validateNonCoreUser(params, props, function(authErr, authorized) {
if (!authorized) {
return common.returnMessage(params, 401, 'User does not have right to access this information');
}
insertReport();
});
}

common.db.collection('reports').insert(props, function(err0, result) {
result = result.ops;
if (err0) {
err0 = err0.err;
common.returnMessage(params, 200, err0);
}
else {
plugins.dispatch("/systemlogs", {params: params, action: "reports_create", data: result[0]});
common.returnMessage(params, 200, "Success");
}
});
});
break;
case 'update':
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -345,35 +366,59 @@ const FEATURE_NAME = 'reports';
//treated as a non-core type to skip the per-app check.
var effectiveType = props.report_type || report.report_type || "core";

if (effectiveType === "core" && typeof props.apps !== "undefined") {
if (!Array.isArray(props.apps) || props.apps.length === 0) {
return common.returnMessage(params, 400, 'Invalid or missing apps');
}
if (!params.member.global_admin) {
let allowedApps = (getAdminApps(params.member) || [])
.concat(getUserAppsForFeaturePermission(params.member, FEATURE_NAME, 'r') || []);
if (typeof params.member.permission === "undefined" && Array.isArray(params.member.user_of)) {
allowedApps = allowedApps.concat(params.member.user_of);
/**
* Apply the authorized update
* @returns {void}
*/
function applyUpdate() {
common.db.collection('reports').update(recordUpdateOrDeleteQuery(params, id), {$set: props}, function(err_update2) {
if (err_update2) {
err_update2 = err_update2.err;
common.returnMessage(params, 200, err_update2);
}
let notPermitted = props.apps.some(function(appId) {
return allowedApps.indexOf(appId) === -1;
});
if (notPermitted) {
return common.returnMessage(params, 401, 'User does not have right to access this information');
else {
plugins.dispatch("/systemlogs", {params: params, action: "reports_edited", data: {_id: id, before: report, update: props}});
common.returnMessage(params, 200, "Success");
}
}
});
}

common.db.collection('reports').update(recordUpdateOrDeleteQuery(params, id), {$set: props}, function(err_update2) {
if (err_update2) {
err_update2 = err_update2.err;
common.returnMessage(params, 200, err_update2);
}
else {
plugins.dispatch("/systemlogs", {params: params, action: "reports_edited", data: {_id: id, before: report, update: props}});
common.returnMessage(params, 200, "Success");
if (effectiveType === "core") {
if (typeof props.apps !== "undefined") {
if (!Array.isArray(props.apps) || props.apps.length === 0) {
return common.returnMessage(params, 400, 'Invalid or missing apps');
}
if (!params.member.global_admin) {
let allowedApps = (getAdminApps(params.member) || [])
.concat(getUserAppsForFeaturePermission(params.member, FEATURE_NAME, 'r') || []);
if (typeof params.member.permission === "undefined" && Array.isArray(params.member.user_of)) {
allowedApps = allowedApps.concat(params.member.user_of);
}
let notPermitted = props.apps.some(function(appId) {
return allowedApps.indexOf(appId) === -1;
});
if (notPermitted) {
return common.returnMessage(params, 401, 'User does not have right to access this information');
}
}
}
});
applyUpdate();
}
else {
//authorize the merged report, not just the payload: a
//partial update may leave the target (props.dashboards)
//in the stored document, and repointing an existing
//report at another dashboard must be checked too. A copy
//is passed so the authorize flag never reaches $set.
var mergedReport = Object.assign({}, report, props);
mergedReport.report_type = effectiveType;
validateNonCoreUser(params, mergedReport, function(authErr, authorized) {
if (!authorized) {
return common.returnMessage(params, 401, 'User does not have right to access this information');
}
applyUpdate();
});
}
});
});
break;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -623,40 +668,29 @@ const FEATURE_NAME = 'reports';
}

/**
* validation function for verifing user have permission to access infomation or not for core type of report
* @param {object} params - request params object
* @param {object} props - report related props
* @param {func} cb - callback function
* @return {func} cb - callback function

function validateCoreUser(params, props, cb) {
var userApps = getUserApps(params.member);
var apps = props.apps;
var isAppUser = apps.every(function(app) {
return userApps && userApps.indexOf(app) > -1;
});

if (!params.member.global_admin && !isAppUser) {
return cb(null, false);
}
else {
return cb(null, true);
}

}
*/

/**
* validation function for verifing user have permission to access infomation or not for not core type of report
* Verify the member may use a non-core report's target.
*
* A non-core report_type names the plugin that owns the report, and that
* plugin authorizes the target through the /report/authorize event: the
* dashboards plugin checks view access to report.dashboards there. This
* fails closed, so a report type whose plugin does not answer the event is
* not authorized. A plugin adding a new report type must implement
* /report/authorize for it.
*
* Core reports are authorized inline against the member's per-app reports
* permission instead, so they never reach this.
*
* @param {object} params - request params object
* @param {object} props - report related props
* @param {func} cb - callback function

* @param {object} props - report related props
* @param {function} cb - callback receiving (err, authorized)
*/
function validateNonCoreUser(params, props, cb) {
plugins.dispatch("/report/authorize", { params: params, report: props }, function() {
var authorized = props.authorized || false;
//the flag is only how the dispatch reports its result back; it must
//not be persisted onto the report document
delete props.authorized;
cb(null, authorized);
});
}
*/
}());
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