From e7afb67c5c26fcb07c1f8d4390c0573cebef9520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Tashkinov <ivantashkinov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:16:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [#1260] Rate-limiting for create authentication and
 related requests.

---
 config/config.exs                                    | 2 +-
 config/description.exs                               | 9 ++++++++-
 lib/pleroma/web/mongooseim/mongoose_im_controller.ex | 5 +++++
 lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex            | 1 +
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index c7e0cf09f..15979702f 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
 config :http_signatures,
   adapter: Pleroma.Signature
 
-config :pleroma, :rate_limit, nil
+config :pleroma, :rate_limit, authentication: {60_000, 15}
 
 config :pleroma, Pleroma.ActivityExpiration, enabled: true
 
diff --git a/config/description.exs b/config/description.exs
index 32d36d6d6..bd0378e00 100644
--- a/config/description.exs
+++ b/config/description.exs
@@ -2424,7 +2424,8 @@
     group: :pleroma,
     key: :rate_limit,
     type: :group,
-    description: "Rate limit settings. This is an advanced feature and disabled by default.",
+    description:
+      "Rate limit settings. This is an advanced feature enabled only for :authentication by default.",
     children: [
       %{
         key: :search,
@@ -2463,6 +2464,12 @@
         description:
           "for fav / unfav or reblog / unreblog actions on the same status by the same user",
         suggestions: [{1000, 10}, [{10_000, 10}, {10_000, 50}]]
+      },
+      %{
+        key: :authentication,
+        type: [:tuple, {:list, :tuple}],
+        description: "for authentication create / password check / user existence check requests",
+        suggestions: [{60_000, 15}]
       }
     ]
   },
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mongooseim/mongoose_im_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mongooseim/mongoose_im_controller.ex
index b786a521b..6ed181cff 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mongooseim/mongoose_im_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mongooseim/mongoose_im_controller.ex
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.MongooseIM.MongooseIMController do
   use Pleroma.Web, :controller
+
   alias Comeonin.Pbkdf2
+  alias Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiter
   alias Pleroma.Repo
   alias Pleroma.User
 
+  plug(RateLimiter, :authentication when action in [:user_exists, :check_password])
+  plug(RateLimiter, {:authentication, params: ["user"]} when action == :check_password)
+
   def user_exists(conn, %{"user" => username}) do
     with %User{} <- Repo.get_by(User, nickname: username, local: true) do
       conn
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex
index 81eae2c8b..281c7d2d8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.OAuth.OAuthController do
 
   plug(:fetch_session)
   plug(:fetch_flash)
+  plug(Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiter, :authentication when action == :create_authorization)
 
   action_fallback(Pleroma.Web.OAuth.FallbackController)
 

From 9f28249dfb0918cfd97450494c6c306dae9ab3fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Tashkinov <ivantashkinov@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:06:12 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [#1260] Added changelog entry.

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4eb72c002..1a86881c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Admin API: Added moderation log
 - Web response cache (currently, enabled for ActivityPub)
 - Mastodon API: Added an endpoint to get multiple statuses by IDs (`GET /api/v1/statuses/?ids[]=1&ids[]=2`)
+- Authentication: Added rate limit for password-authorized actions / login existence checks. 
 
 ### Changed
 - Configuration: Filter.AnonymizeFilename added ability to retain file extension with custom text