Introduction

Browsers & Web Standards, Security Tools

This Joomla Plugin implements an UI Layer for the HTTP Security headers so everyone can set and configure them from the backend.


HttpHeader Plugin

Features

This Joomla Plugin helps you to set the following HTTP Security Headers.
- Strict-Transport-Security
- Content-Security-Policy
- Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only
- X-Frame-Options
- X-XSS-Protection
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Referrer-Policy
- Expect-CT
- Feature-Policy
- Permissions-Policy

This plugin also comes with some easy defaults for:
- X-Frame-Options
- X-XSS-Protection
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Referrer-Policy

Note: If you have configured some HTTP Security Headers directly on the server, then this Plugin might create double entries.

Check the output of your HTTP headers after configuring this HTTP Security Headers Plugin. In Google Chrome: Inspect > Network > the output under Headers).
In this Plugin you can disable the settings that cause double entries. Also check the Console of your browser for possible errors.

Configuration

Initial setup the plugin

Now the inital setup is completed and you can start configure the headers.

Default Headers

Please note that by default the following headers und values are set:
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
More Infos: https://scotthelme.co.uk/hardening-your-http-response-headers/#x-frame-options
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
More Infos: https://scotthelme.co.uk/hardening-your-http-response-headers/#x-xss-protection
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
More Infos: https://scotthelme.co.uk/hardening-your-http-response-headers/#x-content-type-options
Referrer-Policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade
More Infos: https://scotthelme.co.uk/a-new-security-header-referrer-policy/

You can allways choose to disable or change the value for one of those by changing the plugin configuration.

Option descriptions

Force HTTP Header

Using this you can set different values from the default ones and also force headers. The supported headers are:
- Strict-Transport-Security
- Content-Security-Policy
- Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only
- X-Frame-Options
- X-XSS-Protection
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Referrer-Policy
- Expect-CT
- Feature-Policy
- Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy
- Permissions-Policy

Here you can also decide whether the header is applyed only to the frontend and or only the backed or both sites.

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)

This option activates 'Strict Transport Security' and allows the configuration of the value of that header including Include subdomains, Maximum registration time (max-age) and Preload.

HSTS means that your domain can no longer be called without HTTPS. Once added to the preload list, this is not easy to undo. Domains can be removed, but it takes months for users to make a change with a browser update. This option is very important to prevent 'man-in-the-middle attacks', so it should be activated in any case, but only if you are sure that HTTPS is fully supported for the domain and all subdomains in the long run! The value for 'maximum registration time' must be set to 63072000 (2 years) for recording.

Content Security Policy (CSP)

With this option the Content-Security-Policy rule can be set individually including an dedicated subform for the the different directives as well as setting the rules in Report-Only mode.

Update Server

Please note that my update server only supports the latest version running the latest version of Joomla and atleast PHP 7.0.
Any other plugin version I may have added to the download section don't get updates using the update server.

Issues / Pull Requests

You have found an Issue, have a question or you would like to suggest changes regarding this extension?
Open an issue in this repo or submit a pull request with the proposed changes.

Translations

You want to translate this extension to your own language? Check out my Crowdin Page for my Extensions for more details. Feel free to open an issue here on any question that comes up.

This plugin is translated into the following languages:
- de-DE by @zero-24
- en-GB by @zero-24 & @brianteeman
- fr-FR by @Sandra97 & @YGomiero
- it-IT by @jeckodevelopment
- nl-NL by @pe7er

Beyond this repo

This plugin has been included in the Joomla Core (joomla/joomla-cms#18301) and will be part of the upcomming 4.0 Release. Please note that the core the plugin has been renamed to plgsystemhttpheaders (extra s) and extended by the new com_csp component for to core distribution.

Special Thanks

David Jardin - @snipersister - https://www.djumla.de/ & Yves Hoppe - @yvesh - https://compojoom.com/

For giving me the inspiration for the plugin and their feedback on the actual implementation. Thanks :+1:

Functionality
Does exactly what is expected, and makes it simple to apply security response headers.
Ease of use
Straight forward, once you remember to clear cache after adding and enabling extension.
Support
Great responded to my questions very quickly. The platform for support is clunky.
Documentation
Straight forward and to the point - you do need a little knowledge of http security headers.
I used this to: Improving creating security response headers on all joomla 3 web sites.
Functionality
Is able to set all headers to give you a good score at securityheaders com
Ease of use
If you know what you are doing it is super easy to use. You need to read up about security headers beforehand though!!!
I used this to: All websites I am administering. And they all got an A or A+ score on securityheaders com now
Owner's reply: Thanks for your positive review. Yes I have tried to include a bit of documentation in the plugin and in the readme too but when you want to go beyond the default headers some knowledge about the headers are needed.
Functionality
This plugin hardens the HTTP Security Headers (X-XSS-Protection, Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy).
Ease of use
Installation is easy. It uses some easy defaults. Be careful with configuring the Content Security Policy: the admin uses some JavaScript.
Support
I have not needed any support. The plugin has its own public github repository where you can create an issue in case you find any.
Documentation
Excellent documentation that explains all its settings and refers to existing documentation about "Hardening your HTTP response headers".
I used this to: This plugin will be in the Joomla 4 core! On my Joomla 3.9 websites I use it to harden the HTTP Security Headers (improve how strict https will be enforced by your visitor's browser).
Owner's reply: Thanks for this review Peter. The docs has been even more improved with your suggestions thanks for that!
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HttpHeader

Version:
1.0.17
Developer:
Tobias Zulauf
Last updated:
Mar 17 2024
6 months ago
Date added:
Mar 23 2020
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
p
Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5
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