Do not use FormattedModelValue in password editor template

- aspnet#135
- see also PR aspnet/Mvc#7430
- add quirk switch to reverse this if necessary

Author: dougbu

src/System.Web.Mvc/Html/DefaultEditorTemplates.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Web.Configuration;
 using System.Web.Mvc.Properties;
 using System.Web.Routing;
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ namespace System.Web.Mvc.Html
     internal static class DefaultEditorTemplates
     {
         private const string HtmlAttributeKey = "htmlAttributes";
+        private const string UsePasswordValue = "Switch.System.Web.Mvc.UsePasswordValue";
 
         internal static string BooleanTemplate(HtmlHelper html)
         {
@@ -149,11 +151,11 @@ internal static string HiddenInputTemplate(HtmlHelper html)
 
             MvcHtmlString hiddenResult;
 
-            if (htmlAttributesDict != null) 
+            if (htmlAttributesDict != null)
             {
                 hiddenResult = html.Hidden(String.Empty, model, htmlAttributesDict);
-            } 
-            else 
+            }
+            else
             {
                 hiddenResult = html.Hidden(String.Empty, model, htmlAttributesObject);
             }
@@ -178,9 +180,9 @@ private static IDictionary<string, object> CreateHtmlAttributes(HtmlHelper html,
             {
                 return MergeHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributesObject, className, inputType);
             }
-            
+
             var htmlAttributes = new Dictionary<string, object>()
-            { 
+            {
                 { "class", className }
             };
             if (inputType != null)
@@ -274,9 +276,21 @@ internal static string ObjectTemplate(HtmlHelper html, TemplateHelpers.TemplateH
 
         internal static string PasswordTemplate(HtmlHelper html)
         {
-            return html.Password(String.Empty,
-                                 html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue,
-                                 CreateHtmlAttributes(html, "text-box single-line password")).ToHtmlString();
+            object value = null;
+            var usePasswordStrings = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings.GetValues(UsePasswordValue);
+            bool usePasswordValue;
+            if (usePasswordStrings != null &&
+                usePasswordStrings.Length > 0 &&
+                bool.TryParse(usePasswordStrings[0], out usePasswordValue) &&
+                usePasswordValue)
+            {
+                value = html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue;
+            }
+
+            return html.Password(
+                name: String.Empty,
+                value: value,
+                htmlAttributes: CreateHtmlAttributes(html, "text-box single-line password")).ToHtmlString();
         }
 
         private static bool ShouldShow(ModelMetadata metadata, TemplateInfo templateInfo)

test/System.Web.Mvc.Test/Html/Test/DefaultEditorTemplatesTest.cs

@@ -731,14 +731,63 @@ public void ObjectTemplateDisplaysSimpleDisplayTextWithNonNullModelTemplateDepth
         public void PasswordTemplateTests()
         {
             Assert.Equal(
-                "<input class=\"text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" value=\"Value\" />",
+                "<input class=\"text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" />",
                 DefaultEditorTemplates.PasswordTemplate(MakeHtmlHelper<string>("Value")));
 
             Assert.Equal(
-                "<input class=\"text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" value=\"&lt;script>alert(&#39;XSS!&#39;)&lt;/script>\" />",
+                "<input class=\"text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" />",
                 DefaultEditorTemplates.PasswordTemplate(MakeHtmlHelper<string>("<script>alert('XSS!')</script>")));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void PasswordTemplate_ReturnsInputElement_IgnoresValues()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var expected = "<input class=\"text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" " +
+                "type=\"password\" />";
+
+            // Template ignores Model and FormattedModelValue.
+            var helper = MakeHtmlHelper<string>(model: "Model string", formattedModelValue: "Formatted string");
+
+            var viewData = helper.ViewData;
+            var templateInfo = viewData.TemplateInfo;
+            templateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix = "FieldPrefix";
+
+            // Template ignores ModelState and ViewData.
+            var valueProviderResult = new ValueProviderResult(
+                "Raw model string",
+                "Attempted model string",
+                CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            viewData.ModelState.SetModelValue("FieldPrefix", valueProviderResult);
+            viewData["FieldPrefix"] = "ViewData string";
+
+            // Act
+            var result = DefaultEditorTemplates.PasswordTemplate(helper);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PasswordTemplate_ReturnsInputElement_UsesHtmlAttributes()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var expected = "<input class=\"super text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" " +
+                "name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" value=\"Html attributes string\" />";
+            var helper = MakeHtmlHelper<string>(model: null);
+            var viewData = helper.ViewData;
+            var templateInfo = viewData.TemplateInfo;
+            templateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix = "FieldPrefix";
+
+            viewData["htmlAttributes"] = new { @class = "super", value = "Html attributes string" };
+
+            // Act
+            var result = DefaultEditorTemplates.PasswordTemplate(helper);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+        }
+
         public static TheoryDataSet<object, string> PasswordTemplateHtmlAttributeData
         {
             get
@@ -747,11 +796,11 @@ public static TheoryDataSet<object, string> PasswordTemplateHtmlAttributeData
                 {
                     {
                         new { @class = "form-control" },
-                        "<input class=\"form-control text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" value=\"Value\" />"
+                        "<input class=\"form-control text-box single-line password\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" />"
                     },
                     {
                         new { @class = "form-control", custom = "foo" },
-                        "<input class=\"form-control text-box single-line password\" custom=\"foo\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" value=\"Value\" />"
+                        "<input class=\"form-control text-box single-line password\" custom=\"foo\" id=\"FieldPrefix\" name=\"FieldPrefix\" type=\"password\" />"
                     }
                 };
             }