[SEC] enforces secure token to be transmitted to trigger an action

.env.TEMPLATE

@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@
 ACINT_ALLOWED_ACTIONS=
 
 # The proxy path for the service, default: /acint
-ACINT_PROXY_PATH=
+ACINT_PROXY_PATH=
+
+# The security token to be used to authenticate
+ACINT_TOKEN=
+
+# The environment to use dev | prod, default: prod
+ACINT_ENV=

app/acint.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import cherrypy
 import os
+import cherrypy
+from uuid import uuid4
+
 
 DO_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.sep, "do")
 os.makedirs(DO_PATH, exist_ok=True)
@@ -12,6 +14,24 @@
 else:
     allowed_actions = os.environ.get("ACINT_ALLOWED_ACTIONS", ".deploy").split(",")
 proxy_path = os.environ.get("ACINT_PROXY_PATH", None) or "/"
+secure_token = os.environ.get("ACINT_TOKEN", None) or uuid4().hex
+environment = os.environ.get("ACINT_ENV", None) or "prod"
+
+env_config = {
+    "environments": {
+        "dev": {
+            "tools.log_headers.on": True,
+        },
+        "prod": {
+            "engine.autoreload.on": False,
+            "checker.on": False,
+            "tools.log_headers.on": False,
+            "request.show_tracebacks": False,
+            "request.show_mismatched_params": False,
+            "log.screen": False,
+        },
+    },
+}
 
 
 def handle_an_exception():
@@ -25,36 +45,46 @@ def handle_default(status=None, message=None, version=None, traceback=None):
     return f"{status}".encode("UTF-8")
 
 
-@cherrypy.popargs("action")
+@cherrypy.tools.register("before_finalize", priority=60)
+def secureheaders():
+    headers = cherrypy.response.headers
+    headers["X-Frame-Options"] = "DENY"
+    headers["X-XSS-Protection"] = "1; mode=block"
+    headers["Content-Security-Policy"] = "default-src 'self';"
+
+
+@cherrypy.popargs("action", "")
 class AcInt(object):
     _cp_config = {
-        # handler for an unhandled exception
         "request.error_response": handle_an_exception,
-        # default handler for any other HTTP error
         "error_page.default": handle_default,
     }
 
     @cherrypy.expose
-    def index(self, action=None):
-        if action not in allowed_actions:
+    @cherrypy.tools.allow(methods=["POST"])
+    @cherrypy.tools.json_in()
+    def index(self):
+        print("request", cherrypy.request.json)
+        data = cherrypy.request.json
+        if data["action"] not in allowed_actions:
+            raise cherrypy.HTTPError(403, "Forbidden")
+        if data["token"] != secure_token:
             raise cherrypy.HTTPError(403, "Forbidden")
-        os.close(os.open(os.path.join(DO_PATH, action), os.O_CREAT))
-        return f"Triggerd action {action}."
+
+        os.close(os.open(os.path.join(DO_PATH, data["action"]), os.O_CREAT))
+        return f"Triggerd action {data['action']}."
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("Allowed actions:", allowed_actions)
     print("Proxy path:", proxy_path)
+    print("Token:", secure_token)
+    print("Environment:", environment)
     cherrypy.config.update(
         {
             "server.socket_host": "0.0.0.0",
             "server.socket_port": 80,
-            "engine.autoreload.on": False,
-            "checker.on": False,
-            "tools.log_headers.on": False,
-            "request.show_tracebacks": False,
-            "request.show_mismatched_params": False,
-            "log.screen": False,
         }
     )
+    cherrypy.config.update(env_config["environments"][environment])
     cherrypy.quickstart(AcInt(), proxy_path)