Allowing config flag to turn off javascript controls

superset/assets/javascripts/explore/components/ControlHeader.jsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const propTypes = {
   onClick: PropTypes.func,
   hovered: PropTypes.bool,
   tooltipOnClick: PropTypes.func,
+  warning: PropTypes.string,
 };
 
 const defaultProps = {
@@ -75,6 +76,19 @@ export default class ControlHeader extends React.Component {
               {this.props.label}
             </span>
             {' '}
+            {(this.props.warning) &&
+              <span>
+                <OverlayTrigger
+                  placement="top"
+                  overlay={
+                    <Tooltip id={'error-tooltip'}>{this.props.warning}</Tooltip>
+                  }
+                >
+                  <i className="fa fa-exclamation-circle text-danger" />
+                </OverlayTrigger>
+                {' '}
+              </span>
+            }
             {(this.props.validationErrors.length > 0) &&
               <span>
                 <OverlayTrigger

superset/assets/javascripts/explore/components/controls/TextAreaControl.jsx

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const propTypes = {
   offerEditInModal: PropTypes.bool,
   language: PropTypes.oneOf([null, 'json', 'html', 'sql', 'markdown', 'javascript']),
   aboveEditorSection: PropTypes.node,
+  readOnly: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 
 const defaultProps = {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ const defaultProps = {
   minLines: 3,
   maxLines: 10,
   offerEditInModal: true,
+  readOnly: false,
 };
 
 export default class TextAreaControl extends React.Component {
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ export default class TextAreaControl extends React.Component {
           editorProps={{ $blockScrolling: true }}
           enableLiveAutocompletion
           value={this.props.value}
+          readOnly={this.props.readOnly}
         />
       );
     }
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ export default class TextAreaControl extends React.Component {
           placeholder={t('textarea')}
           onChange={this.onControlChange.bind(this)}
           value={this.props.value}
+          disabled={this.props.readOnly}
           style={{ height: this.props.height }}
         />
       </FormGroup>);

superset/assets/javascripts/explore/stores/controls.jsx

@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ function jsFunctionControl(label, description, extraDescr = null, height = 100,
         {extraDescr}
       </div>
     ),
+    mapStateToProps: state => ({
+      warning: !state.common.conf.ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT_CONTROLS ?
+        t('This functionality is disabled in your environment for security reasons.') : null,
+      readOnly: !state.common.conf.ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT_CONTROLS,
+    }),
   };
 }
 

superset/config.py

@@ -370,6 +370,12 @@ class CeleryConfig(object):
 # Interval between consecutive polls when using Hive Engine
 HIVE_POLL_INTERVAL = 5
 
+# Allow for javascript controls components
+# this enables programmers to customize certain charts (like the
+# geospatial ones) by inputing javascript in controls. This exposes
+# an XSS security vulnerability
+ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT_CONTROLS = False
+
 try:
     if CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR in os.environ:
         # Explicitly import config module that is not in pythonpath; useful

superset/views/base.py

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable
 from superset.translations.utils import get_language_pack
 
-FRONTEND_CONF_KEYS = ('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_TIMEOUT',)
+FRONTEND_CONF_KEYS = (
+    'SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_TIMEOUT',
+    'ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT_CONTROLS',
+)
 
 
 def get_error_msg():

superset/views/core.py

@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@
 else:
     DATASOURCE_ACCESS_ERR = __("You don't have access to this datasource")
 
+FORM_DATA_KEY_BLACKLIST = []
+if not config.get('ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT_CONTROLS'):
+    FORM_DATA_KEY_BLACKLIST = [
+        'js_tooltip',
+        'js_onclick_href',
+        'js_data_mutator',
+    ]
+
 
 def get_database_access_error_msg(database_name):
     return __('This view requires the database %(name)s or '
@@ -948,7 +956,10 @@ def get_form_data(self):
 
         if request.args.get('viz_type'):
             # Converting old URLs
-            d = cast_form_data(request.args)
+            d = cast_form_data(d)
+
+        d = {k: v for k, v in d.items() if k not in FORM_DATA_KEY_BLACKLIST}
+
         return d
 
     def get_viz(