[2.2.x] Fixed #30091 -- Doc'd middleware ordering requirements with CSRF_USE_SESSIONS.

Backport of bae66e759f from master.
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Carlton Gibson 2019-01-22 09:56:48 +01:00 committed by Tim Graham
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@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ Here are some hints about the ordering of various Django middleware classes:
#. :class:`~django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware`
Before any middleware that may raise an an exception to trigger an error
view (such as :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.PermissionDenied`) if you're
using :setting:`CSRF_USE_SESSIONS`.
After ``UpdateCacheMiddleware``: Modifies ``Vary`` header.
#. :class:`~django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware`
@ -450,13 +454,14 @@ Here are some hints about the ordering of various Django middleware classes:
Close to the top: it redirects when :setting:`APPEND_SLASH` or
:setting:`PREPEND_WWW` are set to ``True``.
After ``SessionMiddleware`` if you're using :setting:`CSRF_USE_SESSIONS`.
#. :class:`~django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware`
Before any view middleware that assumes that CSRF attacks have been dealt
with.
It must come after ``SessionMiddleware`` if you're using
:setting:`CSRF_USE_SESSIONS`.
After ``SessionMiddleware`` if you're using :setting:`CSRF_USE_SESSIONS`.
#. :class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware`

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@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ Storing the CSRF token in a cookie (Django's default) is safe, but storing it
in the session is common practice in other web frameworks and therefore
sometimes demanded by security auditors.
Since the :ref:`default error views <error-views>` require the CSRF token,
:class:`~django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware` must appear in
:setting:`MIDDLEWARE` before any middleware that may raise an exception to
trigger an error view (such as :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.PermissionDenied`)
if you're using ``CSRF_USE_SESSIONS``. See :ref:`middleware-ordering`.
.. setting:: CSRF_FAILURE_VIEW
``CSRF_FAILURE_VIEW``