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XSS and CSRF Prevention

Protect against Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery.

XSS Prevention​

Server-Side​

  1. Input sanitization β€” all user input is sanitized via DTOs
  2. Output encoding β€” template engines auto-encode
  3. Content-Security-Policy β€” restrict script sources
// class-validator on DTOs
@IsString()
@MaxLength(255)
@Transform(({ value }) => sanitizeHtml(value))
title: string;

Client-Side (Angular)​

Angular auto-escapes all template bindings:

<!-- Safe: auto-escaped -->
<p>{{ userInput }}</p>

<!-- Dangerous: bypasses sanitization -->
<div [innerHTML]="userInput"></div>

Use Angular's DomSanitizer for trusted HTML:

this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(trustedHtml);

CSRF Prevention​

Token-Based​

For cookie-based auth, use CSRF tokens:

app.use(csurf({ cookie: true }));

JWT Alternative​

Gauzy primarily uses JWTs in the Authorization header, which is inherently CSRF-proof since:

  • Tokens are in headers, not cookies
  • Browsers don't auto-attach Authorization headers

Security Checklist​

  • Angular template auto-escaping
  • Server-side input validation
  • CSP headers configured
  • JWT-based auth (CSRF-resistant)
  • HttpOnly cookies for refresh tokens
  • SameSite cookie attribute