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18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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A Spring Boot application containing intentionally vulnerable code patterns for testing application security tools. Each pattern exercises a distinct data-flow complexity, making this a practical benchmark for taint analysis engines.

## Vulnerability Patterns

### Spring Indirect Data Flow

**DI resolution**: DTO field access through DI-resolved service, configuration-sensitive resolver (unsafe vs hardened)

**Cross-endpoint persistence**: taint flow through JPA save/load cycle, inter-procedural getter through DI-resolved `@Service`, column-level sensitivity, field-level sanitization in entity constructor, `@Service` field state across requests, mid-flow sanitizer

**Async coroutines**: user-controlled URL through Kotlin coroutine scope

## Tech Stack

- Java 21 + Kotlin 1.9
- Spring Boot 3.3 (Web, Thymeleaf, Data JPA)
- FreeMarker 2.3
- H2 (in-memory)
- Gradle (Kotlin DSL)

## Scanning with OpenTaint

Detect vulnerabilities using [OpenTaint](https://opentaint.org/):
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plugins {
id("java")
kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.24"
kotlin("plugin.spring") version "1.9.24"
id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.3.0"
id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.1.6"
}
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dependencies {
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
implementation("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.33")
implementation("commons-io:commons-io:2.17.0")
implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.8.1")
runtimeOnly("com.h2database:h2")
testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test")
testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.10.0"))
testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter")
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import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScan;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;

@SpringBootApplication
@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = {"org.seqra", "org.spring"})
@EntityScan("org.spring.persistence")
@EnableJpaRepositories("org.spring.persistence")
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Main.class, args);
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package org.seqra.spring.content;

import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
* Controller for campaign and notification template rendering.
*/
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/campaigns")
public class CampaignController {

private final MarketingTemplateService marketingService;
private final NotificationTemplateService notificationService;
private final TemplateRenderingService templateService;

public CampaignController(MarketingTemplateService marketingService,
NotificationTemplateService notificationService,
TemplateRenderingService templateService) {
this.marketingService = marketingService;
this.notificationService = notificationService;
this.templateService = templateService;
}

/**
* Preview a marketing email template before sending to customers.
*/
@PostMapping("/marketing/preview")
public ResponseEntity<String> previewMarketing(@RequestBody RenderRequest request) {
try {
String result = marketingService.render(request.getTemplateName(), request.getTemplateContent());
return ResponseEntity.ok(result);
} catch (IOException | TemplateException e) {
return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("Preview failed: " + e.getMessage());
}
}

/**
* Render a notification template with hardened configuration.
*/
@PostMapping("/notifications/render")
public ResponseEntity<String> renderNotification(@RequestBody RenderRequest request) {
try {
String result = notificationService.render(request.getTemplateName(), request.getTemplateContent());
return ResponseEntity.ok(result);
} catch (IOException | TemplateException e) {
return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("Render failed: " + e.getMessage());
}
}

/**
* Renders a custom template from user input.
* Data flows from request body → DTO fields → service → template engine.
*/
@PostMapping("/render")
public ResponseEntity<String> renderTemplate(@RequestBody RenderRequest request) {
try {
String result = templateService.renderFromRequest(request);
return ResponseEntity.ok(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("Template processing failed: " + e.getMessage());
}
}

/**
* Alternative endpoint demonstrating data flow through object field assignment.
*/
@PostMapping("/render/inline")
public ResponseEntity<String> renderInline(@RequestBody RenderRequest request) {
try {
String templateContent = request.getTemplateContent();
String result = templateService.renderFromContent(templateContent);
return ResponseEntity.ok(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("Processing failed: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
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package org.seqra.spring.content;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import freemarker.core.TemplateClassResolver;
import freemarker.template.Configuration;
import freemarker.template.Template;
import freemarker.template.TemplateException;

@Service
public class MarketingTemplateService {

private final Configuration templateConfig;

public MarketingTemplateService() {
Configuration templateConfig = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_33);
templateConfig.setNewBuiltinClassResolver(TemplateClassResolver.UNRESTRICTED_RESOLVER);
templateConfig.setAPIBuiltinEnabled(true);
this.templateConfig = templateConfig;
}

public String render(String name, String content) throws IOException, TemplateException {
Template template = new Template(name, new StringReader(content), templateConfig);

Check failure

Code scanning / OpenTaint

Unvalidated user data flows into template engine Error

Potential template injection: unvalidated user data flows into template engine

Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<>();
model.put("brandName", "Acme Corp");
model.put("campaignId", name);

StringWriter output = new StringWriter();
template.process(model, output);
return output.toString();
}
}
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package org.seqra.spring.content;

import freemarker.core.TemplateClassResolver;
import freemarker.template.Configuration;
import freemarker.template.Template;
import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

@Service
public class NotificationTemplateService {

private final Configuration templateConfig;

public NotificationTemplateService() {
Configuration templateConfig = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_33);
templateConfig.setNewBuiltinClassResolver(TemplateClassResolver.ALLOWS_NOTHING_RESOLVER);
templateConfig.setAPIBuiltinEnabled(false);
this.templateConfig = templateConfig;
}

public String render(String name, String content) throws IOException, TemplateException {
Template template = new Template(name, new StringReader(content), templateConfig);

Check failure

Code scanning / OpenTaint

Unvalidated user data flows into template engine Error

Potential template injection: unvalidated user data flows into template engine

Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<>();
model.put("appName", "Notification Service");
model.put("templateId", name);

StringWriter output = new StringWriter();
template.process(model, output);
return output.toString();
}
}
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package org.seqra.spring.content;

/**
* DTO for template rendering requests.
* Data flows from request body through this object's fields.
*/
public class RenderRequest {
private String templateContent;
private String templateName;

public RenderRequest() {
}

public String getTemplateContent() {
return templateContent;
}

public void setTemplateContent(String templateContent) {
this.templateContent = templateContent;
}

public String getTemplateName() {
return templateName;
}

public void setTemplateName(String templateName) {
this.templateName = templateName;
}
}
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package org.seqra.spring.content;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine;
import org.thymeleaf.context.Context;
import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.StringTemplateResolver;

@Service
public class TemplateRenderingService {

private final TemplateEngine templateEngine;

public TemplateRenderingService() {
this.templateEngine = new TemplateEngine();
StringTemplateResolver resolver = new StringTemplateResolver();
resolver.setTemplateMode(TemplateMode.HTML);
resolver.setCacheable(false);
this.templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(resolver);
}

/**
* Renders a template from user-provided content.
* Data flows from the request through templateContent parameter to the TemplateEngine.
*/
public String renderFromContent(String templateContent) {
Context context = new Context();
context.setVariable("appName", "Demo Application");

return templateEngine.process(templateContent, context);

Check failure

Code scanning / OpenTaint

Unvalidated user data flows into template engine Error

Potential template injection: unvalidated user data flows into template engine
}

/**
* Renders a template using the request object.
* Demonstrates data flow through object field access.
*/
public String renderFromRequest(RenderRequest request) {
String content = request.getTemplateContent();
return renderFromContent(content);
}
}
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package org.seqra.spring.messaging;

public class CreateMessageRequest {

private String title;
private String content;
private String author;

public CreateMessageRequest() {
}

public CreateMessageRequest(String title, String content, String author) {
this.title = title;
this.content = content;
this.author = author;
}

public String getTitle() {
return title;
}

public void setTitle(String title) {
this.title = title;
}

public String getContent() {
return content;
}

public void setContent(String content) {
this.content = content;
}

public String getAuthor() {
return author;
}

public void setAuthor(String author) {
this.author = author;
}
}
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