MDL-70649 files: Alternative security helper

Augument all installed plugin's security helper if there is any.
Plugins function has to be defined as plugintype_pluginname_security_helper in pluginname/lib.php file.

lib/filelib.php

@@ -3567,6 +3567,51 @@ class curl {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * check_securityhelper_blocklist.
+     * Checks whether the given URL is blocked by checking both plugin's security helpers
+     * and core curl security helper or any curl security helper that passed to curl class constructor.
+     * If ignoresecurity is set to true, skip checking and consider the url is not blocked.
+     * This augments all installed plugin's security helpers if there is any.
+     *
+     * @param string $url the url to check.
+     * @return string - an error message if URL is blocked or null if URL is not blocked.
+     */
+    protected function check_securityhelper_blocklist(string $url): ?string {
+
+        // If curl security is not enabled, do not proceed.
+        if ($this->ignoresecurity) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Augment all installed plugin's security helpers if there is any.
+        // The plugin's function has to be defined as plugintype_pluginname_curl_security_helper in pluginname/lib.php.
+        $plugintypes = get_plugins_with_function('curl_security_helper');
+
+        // If any of the security helper's function returns true, treat as URL is blocked.
+        foreach ($plugintypes as $plugins) {
+            foreach ($plugins as $pluginfunction) {
+                // Get curl security helper object from plugin lib.php.
+                $pluginsecurityhelper = $pluginfunction();
+                if ($pluginsecurityhelper instanceof \core\files\curl_security_helper_base) {
+                    if ($pluginsecurityhelper->url_is_blocked($url)) {
+                        $this->error = $pluginsecurityhelper->get_blocked_url_string();
+                        return $this->error;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Check if the URL is blocked in core curl_security_helper or
+        // curl security helper that passed to curl class constructor.
+        if ($this->securityhelper->url_is_blocked($url)) {
+            $this->error = $this->securityhelper->get_blocked_url_string();
+            return $this->error;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Single HTTP Request
      *
@@ -3585,11 +3630,10 @@ class curl {
             }
         }
 
-        // If curl security is enabled, check the URL against the list of blocked URLs before calling curl_exec.
-        // Note: This will only check the base url. In the case of redirects, the blocking check is also after the curl_exec.
-        if (!$this->ignoresecurity && $this->securityhelper->url_is_blocked($url)) {
-            $this->error = $this->securityhelper->get_blocked_url_string();
-            return $this->error;
+        // This will only check the base url. In the case of redirects, the blocking check is also after the curl_exec.
+        $urlisblocked = $this->check_securityhelper_blocklist($url);
+        if (!is_null($urlisblocked)) {
+            return $urlisblocked;
         }
 
         // Set the URL as a curl option.
@@ -3610,12 +3654,13 @@ class curl {
         // Note: $this->response and $this->rawresponse are filled by $hits->formatHeader callback.
 
         // In the case of redirects (which curl blindly follows), check the post-redirect URL against the list of blocked list too.
-        if (intval($this->info['redirect_count']) > 0 && !$this->ignoresecurity
-            && $this->securityhelper->url_is_blocked($this->info['url'])) {
-            $this->reset_request_state_vars();
-            $this->error = $this->securityhelper->get_blocked_url_string();
-            curl_close($curl);
-            return $this->error;
+        if (intval($this->info['redirect_count']) > 0) {
+            $urlisblocked = $this->check_securityhelper_blocklist($this->info['url']);
+            if (!is_null($urlisblocked)) {
+                $this->reset_request_state_vars();
+                curl_close($curl);
+                return $urlisblocked;
+            }
         }
 
         if ($this->emulateredirects and $this->options['CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION'] and $this->info['http_code'] != 200) {

lib/upgrade.txt

@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ information provided here is intended especially for developers.
   those fields. This replaces existing functions get_extra_user_fields(), get_extra_user_fields_sql(),
   get_user_field_name(), get_all_user_name_fields(), and user_picture::fields(), which have all been
   deprecated.
+* Allow plugins to augment the curl security helper via callback. The plugin's function has to be defined as
+  plugintype_pluginname_curl_security_helper in pluginname/lib.php file and the function should return a plugin's security
+  helper instance.
 * The behat transformation 'string time to timestamp' no longer supports datetime format. If provided, the format must
   be strftime compatible. Example:
     - I should see "##tomorrow noon##%A, %d %B %Y, %I:%M %p##"