Always return an error when confirmation_token is blank (#5132)

As reported in #5071, if
for some reason, a user in the database had the `confirmation_token`
column as a blank string, Devise would confirm that user after receiving
a request with a blank `confirmation_token` parameter.
After this commit, a request sending a blank `confirmation_token`
parameter will receive a validation error.
For applications that have users with a blank `confirmation_token` in
the database, it's recommended to manually regenerate or to nullify
them.

Author: tegon

lib/devise/models/confirmable.rb

@@ -348,7 +348,19 @@ def send_confirmation_instructions(attributes={})
         # If the user is already confirmed, create an error for the user
         # Options must have the confirmation_token
         def confirm_by_token(confirmation_token)
+          # When the `confirmation_token` parameter is blank, if there are any users with a blank
+          # `confirmation_token` in the database, the first one would be confirmed here.
+          # The error is being manually added here to ensure no users are confirmed by mistake.
+          # This was done in the model for convenience, since validation errors are automatically
+          # displayed in the view.
+          if confirmation_token.blank?
+            confirmable = new
+            confirmable.errors.add(:confirmation_token, :blank)
+            return confirmable
+          end
+
           confirmable = find_first_by_auth_conditions(confirmation_token: confirmation_token)
+
           unless confirmable
             confirmation_digest = Devise.token_generator.digest(self, :confirmation_token, confirmation_token)
             confirmable = find_or_initialize_with_error_by(:confirmation_token, confirmation_digest)

test/integration/confirmable_test.rb

@@ -175,6 +175,36 @@ def resend_confirmation
     assert_current_url '/users/sign_in'
   end
 
+  test "should not be able to confirm an email with a blank confirmation token" do
+    visit_user_confirmation_with_token("")
+
+    assert_contain "Confirmation token can't be blank"
+  end
+
+  test "should not be able to confirm an email with a nil confirmation token" do
+    visit_user_confirmation_with_token(nil)
+
+    assert_contain "Confirmation token can't be blank"
+  end
+
+  test "should not be able to confirm user with blank confirmation token" do
+    user = create_user(confirm: false)
+    user.update_attribute(:confirmation_token, "")
+
+    visit_user_confirmation_with_token("")
+
+    assert_contain "Confirmation token can't be blank"
+  end
+
+  test "should not be able to confirm user with nil confirmation token" do
+    user = create_user(confirm: false)
+    user.update_attribute(:confirmation_token, nil)
+
+    visit_user_confirmation_with_token(nil)
+
+    assert_contain "Confirmation token can't be blank"
+  end
+
   test 'error message is configurable by resource name' do
     store_translations :en, devise: {
       failure: { user: { unconfirmed: "Not confirmed user" } }

test/models/confirmable_test.rb

@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ def setup
     assert_equal "can't be blank", confirmed_user.errors[:confirmation_token].join
   end
 
+  test 'should return a new record with errors when a blank token is given and a record exists on the database' do
+    user = create_user(confirmation_token: '')
+
+    confirmed_user = User.confirm_by_token('')
+
+    refute user.reload.confirmed?
+    assert_equal "can't be blank", confirmed_user.errors[:confirmation_token].join
+  end
+
+  test 'should return a new record with errors when a nil token is given and a record exists on the database' do
+    user = create_user(confirmation_token: nil)
+
+    confirmed_user = User.confirm_by_token(nil)
+
+    refute user.reload.confirmed?
+    assert_equal "can't be blank", confirmed_user.errors[:confirmation_token].join
+  end
+
   test 'should generate errors for a user email if user is already confirmed' do
     user = create_user
     user.confirmed_at = Time.now