fix(core): All calls to plainToInstance should exclude extraneous v…

…alues (no-changelog)

packages/cli/src/controllers/me.controller.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class MeController {
 	@Patch('/')
 	async updateCurrentUser(req: MeRequest.UserUpdate, res: Response): Promise<PublicUser> {
 		const { id: userId, email: currentEmail } = req.user;
-		const payload = plainToInstance(UserUpdatePayload, req.body);
+		const payload = plainToInstance(UserUpdatePayload, req.body, { excludeExtraneousValues: true });
 
 		const { email } = payload;
 		if (!email) {
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ export class MeController {
 	 */
 	@Patch('/settings')
 	async updateCurrentUserSettings(req: MeRequest.UserSettingsUpdate): Promise<User['settings']> {
-		const payload = plainToInstance(UserSettingsUpdatePayload, req.body);
+		const payload = plainToInstance(UserSettingsUpdatePayload, req.body, {
+			excludeExtraneousValues: true,
+		});
 		const { id } = req.user;
 
 		await this.userService.updateSettings(id, payload);

packages/cli/src/controllers/users.controller.ts

@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ export class UsersController {
 	@Patch('/:id/settings')
 	@GlobalScope('user:update')
 	async updateUserSettings(req: UserRequest.UserSettingsUpdate) {
-		const payload = plainToInstance(UserSettingsUpdatePayload, req.body);
+		const payload = plainToInstance(UserSettingsUpdatePayload, req.body, {
+			excludeExtraneousValues: true,
+		});
 
 		const id = req.params.id;
 
@@ -293,7 +295,9 @@ export class UsersController {
 		const { NO_ADMIN_ON_OWNER, NO_USER, NO_OWNER_ON_OWNER } =
 			UsersController.ERROR_MESSAGES.CHANGE_ROLE;
 
-		const payload = plainToInstance(UserRoleChangePayload, req.body);
+		const payload = plainToInstance(UserRoleChangePayload, req.body, {
+			excludeExtraneousValues: true,
+		});
 		await validateEntity(payload);
 
 		const targetUser = await this.userRepository.findOne({

packages/cli/src/requests.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
 	NodeError,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
+import { Expose } from 'class-transformer';
 import { IsBoolean, IsEmail, IsIn, IsOptional, IsString, Length } from 'class-validator';
 import { NoXss } from '@db/utils/customValidators';
 import type { PublicUser, SecretsProvider, SecretsProviderState } from '@/Interfaces';
@@ -21,31 +22,37 @@ import type { CredentialsEntity } from '@db/entities/CredentialsEntity';
 import type { WorkflowHistory } from '@db/entities/WorkflowHistory';
 
 export class UserUpdatePayload implements Pick<User, 'email' | 'firstName' | 'lastName'> {
+	@Expose()
 	@IsEmail()
 	email: string;
 
+	@Expose()
 	@NoXss()
 	@IsString({ message: 'First name must be of type string.' })
 	@Length(1, 32, { message: 'First name must be $constraint1 to $constraint2 characters long.' })
 	firstName: string;
 
+	@Expose()
 	@NoXss()
 	@IsString({ message: 'Last name must be of type string.' })
 	@Length(1, 32, { message: 'Last name must be $constraint1 to $constraint2 characters long.' })
 	lastName: string;
 }
 
 export class UserSettingsUpdatePayload {
+	@Expose()
 	@IsBoolean({ message: 'userActivated should be a boolean' })
 	@IsOptional()
 	userActivated: boolean;
 
+	@Expose()
 	@IsBoolean({ message: 'allowSSOManualLogin should be a boolean' })
 	@IsOptional()
 	allowSSOManualLogin?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class UserRoleChangePayload {
+	@Expose()
 	@IsIn(['global:admin', 'global:member'])
 	newRoleName: AssignableRole;
 }

packages/cli/test/unit/controllers/me.controller.test.ts

@@ -89,23 +89,23 @@ describe('MeController', () => {
 				authIdentities: [],
 				role: 'global:owner',
 			});
-			const reqBody = { email: 'valid@email.com', firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Potato' };
-			const req = mock<MeRequest.UserUpdate>({ user, body: reqBody, browserId });
+			const req = mock<MeRequest.UserUpdate>({ user, browserId });
+			req.body = { email: 'valid@email.com', firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Potato' };
 			const res = mock<Response>();
 			userRepository.findOneOrFail.mockResolvedValue(user);
 			jest.spyOn(jwt, 'sign').mockImplementation(() => 'signed-token');
 
 			// Add invalid data to the request payload
-			Object.assign(reqBody, { id: '0', role: '42' });
+			Object.assign(req.body, { id: '0', role: 'global:member' });
 
 			await controller.updateCurrentUser(req, res);
 
 			expect(userService.update).toHaveBeenCalled();
 
 			const updatedUser = userService.update.mock.calls[0][1];
-			expect(updatedUser.email).toBe(reqBody.email);
-			expect(updatedUser.firstName).toBe(reqBody.firstName);
-			expect(updatedUser.lastName).toBe(reqBody.lastName);
+			expect(updatedUser.email).toBe(req.body.email);
+			expect(updatedUser.firstName).toBe(req.body.firstName);
+			expect(updatedUser.lastName).toBe(req.body.lastName);
 			expect(updatedUser.id).not.toBe('0');
 			expect(updatedUser.role).not.toBe('42');
 		});