Proposal for not requiring changing trustOrigin

app/common/gristUrls.ts

@@ -196,13 +196,12 @@ export function hostMatchesUrl(host?: string, url?: string) {
  *
  * @param {string?} host The host to check
  */
-export function isOwnInternalUrlHost(host?: string) {
-  if (process.env.APP_HOME_INTERNAL_URL) {
-    return hostMatchesUrl(host, process.env.APP_HOME_INTERNAL_URL);
-  } else if (process.env.APP_DOC_INTERNAL_URL) {
-    return hostMatchesUrl(host, process.env.APP_DOC_INTERNAL_URL);
+function isOwnInternalUrlHost(host?: string) {
+  // Note: APP_HOME_INTERNAL_URL may also defined in doc worker as well as in Home worker
+  if (process.env.APP_HOME_INTERNAL_URL && hostMatchesUrl(host, process.env.APP_HOME_INTERNAL_URL)) {
+    return true;
   }
-  return false;
+  return Boolean(process.env.APP_DOC_INTERNAL_URL) && hostMatchesUrl(host, process.env.APP_DOC_INTERNAL_URL);
 }
 
 /**

app/server/lib/Authorizer.ts

@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ export function getTransitiveHeaders(req: Request): {[key: string]: string} {
   const XRequestedWith = req.get('X-Requested-With');
   const Origin = req.get('Origin');  // Pass along the original Origin since it may
                                      // play a role in granular access control.
+  const Host = req.get('Host');      // Also pass along the original Host, as we need it since
+                                     // the destination compares that with the Origin header.
+
   const result: Record<string, string> = {
     ...(Authorization ? { Authorization } : undefined),
     ...(Cookie ? { Cookie } : undefined),
@@ -692,6 +695,7 @@ export function getTransitiveHeaders(req: Request): {[key: string]: string} {
     ...(PermitHeader ? { Permit: PermitHeader } : undefined),
     ...(XRequestedWith ? { 'X-Requested-With': XRequestedWith } : undefined),
     ...(Origin ? { Origin } : undefined),
+    ...(Host ? { Host } : undefined),
   };
   const extraHeader = process.env.GRIST_FORWARD_AUTH_HEADER;
   const extraHeaderValue = extraHeader && req.get(extraHeader);

app/server/lib/requestUtils.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import {ApiError} from 'app/common/ApiError';
-import {
-  DEFAULT_HOME_SUBDOMAIN, isOrgInPathOnly, isOwnInternalUrlHost, parseSubdomain, sanitizePathTail
-} from 'app/common/gristUrls';
+import { DEFAULT_HOME_SUBDOMAIN, isOrgInPathOnly, parseSubdomain, sanitizePathTail } from 'app/common/gristUrls';
 import * as gutil from 'app/common/gutil';
 import {DocScope, QueryResult, Scope} from 'app/gen-server/lib/HomeDBManager';
 import {getUserId, RequestWithLogin} from 'app/server/lib/Authorizer';
@@ -90,8 +88,6 @@ export function trustOrigin(req: IncomingMessage, resp?: Response): boolean {
   const origin = req.headers.origin;
   if (!origin) { return true; } // Not a CORS request.
 
-  if (isOwnInternalUrlHost(req.get('Host'))) { return true; }
-
   if (!allowHost(req, new URL(origin))) { return false; }
 
   if (resp) {