Automated cherry pick of #243

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Summary

Cherry pick of #243 on release-9.2.

Conflict Resolution Changes

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Release Note

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Change Impact: 🟡 Medium

Regression Risk: Changes affect shared validation utilities, API handlers, data integrity checks, and property rendering. Automated tests cover the main paths, but invalid data handling may affect existing clients.

QA Recommendation: Skip manual QA. Rely on the reported automated test coverage.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR adds server-side validation for card properties, board and card patches, and block properties. It rejects null or malformed requests before mutation. The web client normalizes malformed property names and values before display or editing.

Changes

Property validation and safe rendering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Property validation contracts server/model/card_property.go, server/model/block.go, server/model/board.go, server/model/card.go, server/model/*_test.go	The model validates card property values, templates, options, block properties, board patches, and card patches. Invalid patch values do not replace existing data.
Server request and batch enforcement server/api/blocks.go, server/api/boards.go, server/api/boards_and_blocks.go, server/api/cards.go, server/app/blocks.go, server/app/boards_and_blocks.go	Handlers and batch operations reject null or invalid input before insertion, authorization, auditing, or mutation.
Server rejection and mutation tests server/integrationtests/blocks_test.go, server/integrationtests/board_test.go, server/integrationtests/boards_and_blocks_test.go, server/integrationtests/cards_test.go	Integration tests verify HTTP 400 responses and confirm that rejected requests preserve stored boards, cards, blocks, and properties.
Client property normalization webapp/src/blocks/board.ts, webapp/src/blocks/board.test.ts, webapp/src/components/*, webapp/src/properties/**/*	Safe helpers normalize property names and values. Card detail, table headers, editors, URLs, and property elements use normalized values. The tests cover valid strings, string arrays, and malformed values.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 40a6f

Updated block property handling can currently persist invalid property values, which may create malformed board data and inconsistent behavior when those values are later validated or used. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed before merge.

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 10.34% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 29 functions across 23 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately identifies this pull request as an automated cherry-pick of PR #243, which matches the stated objective and changeset provenance.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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This pull request introduces a low-severity vulnerability where the validateUpdatedFields function lacks recursion depth limits, potentially allowing malicious users to trigger a stack overflow via deeply nested JSON input. Although not blocking, it is recommended to add explicit depth checks or switch to an iterative approach to prevent denial of service.

Code Policy: Safe Recursive Functions Handling User Input (drs_b83ab6e9)

Policy

Safe Recursive Functions Handling User Input

Result

The recursive function validateUpdatedFields in server/model/block.go (lines 258-300) lacks any controlled recursion depth mechanism. It recursively traverses nested map[string]interface{} structures without a depth counter, maximum depth limit, or any safeguard against unbounded recursion. This function is directly reachable from user-controlled HTTP PATCH requests via the call chain: API handler handlePatchBlock -> PatchBlockAndNotify -> ValidateBlockPatch -> validateUpdatedFields. A malicious user could craft deeply nested JSON input to cause stack overflow and denial of service. Guidance: To remediate violations: - Add explicit recursion depth parameters with guarded maximum limits. For example: go func recursiveFunc(input InputType, depth int) error { const maxDepth = 100 if depth > maxDepth { return fmt.Errorf("recursion limit exceeded") } if !isValid(input) { return fmt.Errorf("invalid input") } // Recursive call with incremented depth return recursiveFunc(modifiedInput, depth+1) } - Validate all user-controlled inputs rigorously before initiating recursion. - Consider replacing recursion with iterative implementations if feasible. - Use any existing internal utilities or conventions for safe recursion control. Ensure all relevant new or modified Go recursive functions comply with these safeguards.

mattermost-plugin-boards/server/model/block.go

Lines 279 to 295 in 40a6f39

	}
	}
	if key == BlockFieldProperties {
	props, ok := value.(map[string]interface{})
	if !ok {
	return NewErrBadRequest(ErrBlockPropertiesInvalidType.Error())
	}
	if err := ValidateCardPropertyValues(props); err != nil {
	return NewErrBadRequest(err.Error())
	}
	}
	if nestedMap, ok := value.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
	if err := validateUpdatedFields(nestedMap); err != nil {
	return err

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server/model/block.go (1)

203-207: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate property values in Block.IsValid.

SQLStore.insertBlock and insertBlocks call Block.IsValid before persistence. Block.IsValid currently checks only the properties map type, so values such as {"property-id": 1} can be stored although ValidateBlockProperties rejects them. Call ValidateBlockProperties from baseValidations.

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In `@server/model/block.go` around lines 203 - 207, Update Block.IsValid’s
baseValidations to call ValidateBlockProperties after confirming the properties
field has the expected map type, and return any validation error so invalid
property values cannot reach persistence.

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In `@server/model/block.go`:
- Around line 203-207: Update Block.IsValid’s baseValidations to call
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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between fccd738 and 40a6f39.

📒 Files selected for processing (23)

• server/api/blocks.go
• server/api/boards.go
• server/api/boards_and_blocks.go
• server/api/cards.go
• server/app/blocks.go
• server/app/boards_and_blocks.go
• server/integrationtests/blocks_test.go
• server/integrationtests/board_test.go
• server/integrationtests/boards_and_blocks_test.go
• server/integrationtests/cards_test.go
• server/model/block.go
• server/model/board.go
• server/model/board_test.go
• server/model/card.go
• server/model/card_property.go
• server/model/card_property_test.go
• webapp/src/blocks/board.test.ts
• webapp/src/blocks/board.ts
• webapp/src/components/cardDetail/cardDetailProperties.tsx
• webapp/src/components/propertyValueElement.tsx
• webapp/src/components/table/tableHeaders.tsx
• webapp/src/properties/baseTextEditor.tsx
• webapp/src/properties/url/url.tsx

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