Question

In my web app users are able to change their user details. The URL for this page is:

springproject/usermanagement/edituserinfo/4

where “4” is the user id.

My security-context looks like:

<security:http auto-config="true" use-expressions="true">
    <security:intercept-url pattern="/usermanagement" access="isAuthenticated()" />
    <security:intercept-url pattern="/usermanagement/new" access="hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')" />
    <security:intercept-url pattern="/usermanagement/edit/*" access="hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')" />
    <security:intercept-url pattern="/usermanagement/edituserinfo/*" access="isAuthenticated()" />  
</security:http>

How can I restrict the user only to access their own “edituserinfo” page? E.g. user with user id 1 can only access: “springproject/usermanagement/edituserinfo/1 ” and not “springproject/usermanagement/edituserinfo/4 “

Answer 1

Use a PathVariable on the URL, like @RequestMapping("/usermanagement/edituserinfo/{userid}") and in your code validate the logged-in user’s Spring Security context principle (via SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication().getPrincipal()) against the userid path variable. If they don’t match, bounce the user out, log a SecurityException, and send an email to the admins.