Making the ability to use longer shared csrf tokens possible. This sh…

…ould make for fewer blackholed' requests when doing complicated javascript.

cake/libs/controller/components/security.php

@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ class SecurityComponent extends Component {
  */
 	public $csrfExpires = '+30 minutes';
 
+/**
+ * Controls whether or not CSRF tokens are use and burn.  Set to false to not generate
+ * new tokens on each request.  One token will be reused until it expires. This reduces
+ * the chances of users getting invalid requests because of token consumption.
+ * It has the side effect of making CSRF less secure, as tokens are reusable.
+ *
+ * @var boolean
+ */
+	public $csrfUseOnce = true;
+
 /**
  * Other components used by the Security component
  *
@@ -677,16 +687,15 @@ protected function _generateToken(&$controller) {
 			'csrfTokens' => array()
 		);
 
-		if ($this->csrfCheck) {
-			$token['csrfTokens'][$authKey] = strtotime($this->csrfExpires);
-		}
-
+		$tokenData = array();
 		if ($this->Session->check('_Token')) {
 			$tokenData = $this->Session->read('_Token');
 			if (!empty($tokenData['csrfTokens'])) {
-				$token['csrfTokens'] += $tokenData['csrfTokens'];
-				$token['csrfTokens'] = $this->_expireTokens($token['csrfTokens']);
+				$token['csrfTokens'] = $this->_expireTokens($tokenData['csrfTokens']);
 			}
+		} 
+		if ($this->csrfCheck && ($this->csrfUseOnce || empty($tokenData['csrfTokens'])) ) {
+			$token['csrfTokens'][$authKey] = strtotime($this->csrfExpires);
 		}
 		$controller->request->params['_Token'] = $token;
 		$this->Session->write('_Token', $token);
@@ -705,7 +714,9 @@ protected function _validateCsrf($controller) {
 		$token = $this->Session->read('_Token');
 		$requestToken = $controller->request->data('_Token.key');
 		if (isset($token['csrfTokens'][$requestToken]) && $token['csrfTokens'][$requestToken] >= time()) {
-			$this->Session->delete('_Token.csrfTokens.' . $requestToken);
+			if ($this->csrfUseOnce) {
+				$this->Session->delete('_Token.csrfTokens.' . $requestToken);
+			}
 			return true;
 		}
 		return false;

cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/security.test.php

@@ -1407,4 +1407,26 @@ function testCsrfBlackHoleOnExpiredKey() {
 		$this->Security->startup($this->Controller);
 		$this->assertTrue($this->Controller->failed, 'fail() was not called.');
 	}
+
+/**
+ * test that csrfUseOnce = false works.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testCsrfNotUseOnce() {
+		$this->Security->validatePost = false;
+		$this->Security->csrfCheck = true;
+		$this->Security->csrfUseOnce = false;
+		$this->Security->csrfExpires = '+10 minutes';
+
+		// Generate one token
+		$this->Security->startup($this->Controller);
+		$token = $this->Security->Session->read('_Token.csrfTokens');
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($token), 'Should only be one token.');
+
+		$this->Security->startup($this->Controller);
+		$token2 = $this->Security->Session->read('_Token.csrfTokens');
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($token2), 'Should only be one token.');
+		$this->assertEquals($token, $token2, 'Tokens should not be different.');
+	}
 }