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Long Term Support Release

  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.1.x will end 13 November 2023 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.1.x will end 10 November 2025 (36 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.4.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.0. PHP 8.0.x is supported too.
<?php
/**
 * An XML-RPC client
 *
 * @author  Donal McMullan  donal@catalyst.net.nz
 * @version 0.0.1
 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License
 * @package mnet
 */

require_once $CFG->dirroot.'/mnet/lib.php';

/**
 * Class representing an XMLRPC request against a remote machine
 */
class mnet_xmlrpc_client {

    var $method   = '';
    var $params   = array();
    var $timeout  = 60;
    var $error    = array();
    var $response = '';
    var $mnet     = null;

    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    public function __construct() {
        // make sure we've got this set up before we try and do anything else
        $this->mnet = get_mnet_environment();
    }

    /**
     * Allow users to override the default timeout
     * @param   int $timeout    Request timeout in seconds
     * $return  bool            True if param is an integer or integer string
     */
    public function set_timeout($timeout) {
        if (!is_integer($timeout)) {
            if (is_numeric($timeout)) {
                $this->timeout = (integer)$timeout;
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
        $this->timeout = $timeout;
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Set the path to the method or function we want to execute on the remote
     * machine. Examples:
     * mod/scorm/functionname
     * auth/mnet/methodname
     * In the case of auth and enrolment plugins, an object will be created and
     * the method on that object will be called
     */
    public function set_method($xmlrpcpath) {
        if (is_string($xmlrpcpath)) {
            $this->method = $xmlrpcpath;
            $this->params = array();
            return true;
        }
        $this->method = '';
        $this->params = array();
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Add a parameter to the array of parameters.
     *
     * @param  string  $argument    A transport ID, as defined in lib.php
     * @param  string  $type        The argument type, can be one of:
     *                              i4
     *                              i8
     *                              int
     *                              double
     *                              string
     *                              boolean
     *                              datetime | dateTime.iso8601
     *                              base64
     *                              null
     *                              array
     *                              struct
     * @return bool                 True on success
     */
    public function add_param($argument, $type = 'string') {

        // Convert any use of the old 'datetime' to the correct 'dateTime.iso8601' one.
        $type = ($type === 'datetime' ? 'dateTime.iso8601' : $type);

        // BC fix, if some argument is array and comes as string, change type to array (sequentials)
        // or struct (associative).
        // This is the behavior of the encode_request() method from the xmlrpc extension.
        // Note that uses in core have been fixed, but there may be others using that.
        if (is_array($argument) && $type === 'string') {
            if (array_keys($argument) === range(0, count($argument) - 1)) {
                $type = 'array';
            } else {
                $type = 'struct';
            }
            mnet_debug('Incorrect ' . $type . ' param passed as string in mnet_xmlrpc_client->add_param(): ' .
                json_encode($argument));
        }

        if (!isset(\PhpXmlRpc\Value::$xmlrpcTypes[$type])) { // Arrived here, still erong type? Let's stop.
            return false;
        }

        // If we are array or struct, we need to ensure that, recursively, all the elements are proper values.
        // or serialize, used later on send()  won't work with them. Encoder::encode() provides us with that.
        if ($type === 'array' || $type === 'struct') {
            $encoder = new \PhpXmlRpc\Encoder();
            $this->params[] = $encoder->encode($argument);
        } else {
            // Normal scalar case.
            $this->params[] = new \PhpXmlRpc\Value($argument, $type);
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Send the request to the server - decode and return the response
     *
     * @param  object   $mnet_peer      A mnet_peer object with details of the
     *                                  remote host we're connecting to
> * @param bool $rekey The rekey attribute stops us from * @return mixed A PHP variable, as returned by the > * getting into a loop.
*/
< public function send($mnet_peer) {
> public function send($mnet_peer, bool $rekey = false) {
global $CFG, $DB; if (!$this->permission_to_call($mnet_peer)) { mnet_debug("tried and wasn't allowed to call a method on $mnet_peer->wwwroot"); return false; } $request = new \PhpXmlRpc\Request($this->method, $this->params);
< $this->requesttext = $request->serialize('utf-8');
> $requesttext = $request->serialize('utf-8');
< $this->signedrequest = mnet_sign_message($this->requesttext); < $this->encryptedrequest = mnet_encrypt_message($this->signedrequest, $mnet_peer->public_key);
> $signedrequest = mnet_sign_message($requesttext); > $encryptedrequest = mnet_encrypt_message($signedrequest, $mnet_peer->public_key);
$client = $this->prepare_http_request($mnet_peer); $timestamp_send = time(); mnet_debug("about to send the xmlrpc request");
< $response = $client->send($this->encryptedrequest, $this->timeout);
> $response = $client->send($encryptedrequest, $this->timeout);
mnet_debug("managed to complete a xmlrpc request"); $timestamp_receive = time(); if ($response->faultCode()) { $this->error[] = $response->faultCode() .':'. $response->faultString(); return false; }
< $this->rawresponse = $response->value(); // Because MNet responses ARE NOT valid xmlrpc, don't try any PhpXmlRpc facility. < $this->rawresponse = trim($this->rawresponse);
> $rawresponse = trim($response->value()); // Because MNet responses ARE NOT valid xmlrpc, don't try any PhpXmlRpc facility.
$mnet_peer->touch(); $crypt_parser = new mnet_encxml_parser();
< $crypt_parser->parse($this->rawresponse);
> $crypt_parser->parse($rawresponse);
// If we couldn't parse the message, or it doesn't seem to have encrypted contents, // give the most specific error msg available & return if (!$crypt_parser->payload_encrypted) { if (! empty($crypt_parser->remoteerror)) { $this->error[] = '4: remote server error: ' . $crypt_parser->remoteerror; } else if (! empty($crypt_parser->error)) { $crypt_parser_error = $crypt_parser->error[0]; $message = '3:XML Parse error in payload: '.$crypt_parser_error['string']."\n"; if (array_key_exists('lineno', $crypt_parser_error)) { $message .= 'At line number: '.$crypt_parser_error['lineno']."\n"; } if (array_key_exists('line', $crypt_parser_error)) { $message .= 'Which reads: '.$crypt_parser_error['line']."\n"; } $this->error[] = $message; } else { $this->error[] = '1:Payload not encrypted '; } $crypt_parser->free_resource(); return false; } $key = array_pop($crypt_parser->cipher); $data = array_pop($crypt_parser->cipher); $crypt_parser->free_resource(); // Initialize payload var $decryptedenvelope = ''; // &$decryptedenvelope $isOpen = openssl_open(base64_decode($data), $decryptedenvelope, base64_decode($key), $this->mnet->get_private_key(), 'RC4'); if (!$isOpen) { // Decryption failed... let's try our archived keys $openssl_history = get_config('mnet', 'openssl_history'); if(empty($openssl_history)) { $openssl_history = array(); set_config('openssl_history', serialize($openssl_history), 'mnet'); } else { $openssl_history = unserialize($openssl_history); } foreach($openssl_history as $keyset) { $keyresource = openssl_pkey_get_private($keyset['keypair_PEM']); $isOpen = openssl_open(base64_decode($data), $decryptedenvelope, base64_decode($key), $keyresource, 'RC4'); if ($isOpen) { // It's an older code, sir, but it checks out break; } } } if (!$isOpen) { trigger_error("None of our keys could open the payload from host {$mnet_peer->wwwroot} with id {$mnet_peer->id}."); $this->error[] = '3:No key match'; return false; } if (strpos(substr($decryptedenvelope, 0, 100), '<signedMessage>')) { $sig_parser = new mnet_encxml_parser(); $sig_parser->parse($decryptedenvelope); } else { $this->error[] = '2:Payload not signed: ' . $decryptedenvelope; return false; } // Margin of error is the time it took the request to complete. $margin_of_error = $timestamp_receive - $timestamp_send; // Guess the time gap between sending the request and the remote machine // executing the time() function. Marginally better than nothing. $hysteresis = ($margin_of_error) / 2; $remote_timestamp = $sig_parser->remote_timestamp - $hysteresis; $time_offset = $remote_timestamp - $timestamp_send; if ($time_offset > 0) { $threshold = get_config('mnet', 'drift_threshold'); if(empty($threshold)) { // We decided 15 seconds was a pretty good arbitrary threshold // for time-drift between servers, but you can customize this in // the config_plugins table. It's not advised though. set_config('drift_threshold', 15, 'mnet'); $threshold = 15; } if ($time_offset > $threshold) { $this->error[] = '6:Time gap with '.$mnet_peer->name.' ('.$time_offset.' seconds) is greater than the permitted maximum of '.$threshold.' seconds'; return false; } }
< $this->xmlrpcresponse = base64_decode($sig_parser->data_object);
> $xmlrpcresponse = base64_decode($sig_parser->data_object);
// Let's convert the xmlrpc back to PHP structure. $response = null; $encoder = new \PhpXmlRpc\Encoder();
< $oresponse = $encoder->decodeXML($this->xmlrpcresponse); // First, to internal PhpXmlRpc\Response structure.
> $oresponse = $encoder->decodeXML($xmlrpcresponse); // First, to internal PhpXmlRpc\Response structure.
if ($oresponse instanceof \PhpXmlRpc\Response) { // Special handling of fault responses (because value() doesn't handle them properly). if ($oresponse->faultCode()) { $response = ['faultCode' => $oresponse->faultCode(), 'faultString' => $oresponse->faultString()]; } else { $response = $encoder->decode($oresponse->value()); // Normal Response conversion to PHP. } } else { // Maybe this is just a param, let's convert it too. $response = $encoder->decode($oresponse); } $this->response = $response; // xmlrpc errors are pushed onto the $this->error stack if (is_array($this->response) && array_key_exists('faultCode', $this->response)) { // The faultCode 7025 means we tried to connect with an old SSL key // The faultString is the new key - let's save it and try again
< // The re_key attribute stops us from getting into a loop < if($this->response['faultCode'] == 7025 && empty($mnet_peer->re_key)) {
> // The rekey attribute stops us from getting into a loop > if($this->response['faultCode'] == 7025 && empty($rekey)) {
mnet_debug('recieved an old-key fault, so trying to get the new key and update our records'); // If the new certificate doesn't come thru clean_param() unmolested, error out if($this->response['faultString'] != clean_param($this->response['faultString'], PARAM_PEM)) { $this->error[] = $this->response['faultCode'] . " : " . $this->response['faultString']; } $record = new stdClass(); $record->id = $mnet_peer->id; $record->public_key = $this->response['faultString']; $details = openssl_x509_parse($record->public_key); if(!isset($details['validTo_time_t'])) { $this->error[] = $this->response['faultCode'] . " : " . $this->response['faultString']; } $record->public_key_expires = $details['validTo_time_t']; $DB->update_record('mnet_host', $record); // Create a new peer object populated with the new info & try re-sending the request $rekeyed_mnet_peer = new mnet_peer(); $rekeyed_mnet_peer->set_id($record->id);
< $rekeyed_mnet_peer->re_key = true; < return $this->send($rekeyed_mnet_peer);
> return $this->send($rekeyed_mnet_peer, true); // Re-send mnet_peer with the new key.
} if (!empty($CFG->mnet_rpcdebug)) { if (get_string_manager()->string_exists('error'.$this->response['faultCode'], 'mnet')) { $guidance = get_string('error'.$this->response['faultCode'], 'mnet'); } else { $guidance = ''; } } else { $guidance = ''; } $this->error[] = $this->response['faultCode'] . " : " . $this->response['faultString'] ."\n".$guidance; } // ok, it's signed, but is it signed with the right certificate ? // do this *after* we check for an out of date key
< $verified = openssl_verify($this->xmlrpcresponse, base64_decode($sig_parser->signature), $mnet_peer->public_key);
> $verified = openssl_verify($xmlrpcresponse, base64_decode($sig_parser->signature), $mnet_peer->public_key);
if ($verified != 1) { $this->error[] = 'Invalid signature'; } return empty($this->error); } /** * Check that we are permitted to call method on specified peer * * @param object $mnet_peer A mnet_peer object with details of the remote host we're connecting to * @return bool True if we permit calls to method on specified peer, False otherwise. */ public function permission_to_call($mnet_peer) { global $DB, $CFG, $USER; // Executing any system method is permitted. $system_methods = array('system/listMethods', 'system/methodSignature', 'system/methodHelp', 'system/listServices'); if (in_array($this->method, $system_methods) ) { return true; } $hostids = array($mnet_peer->id); if (!empty($CFG->mnet_all_hosts_id)) { $hostids[] = $CFG->mnet_all_hosts_id; } // At this point, we don't care if the remote host implements the // method we're trying to call. We just want to know that: // 1. The method belongs to some service, as far as OUR host knows // 2. We are allowed to subscribe to that service on this mnet_peer list($hostidsql, $hostidparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($hostids); $sql = "SELECT r.id FROM {mnet_remote_rpc} r INNER JOIN {mnet_remote_service2rpc} s2r ON s2r.rpcid = r.id INNER JOIN {mnet_host2service} h2s ON h2s.serviceid = s2r.serviceid WHERE r.xmlrpcpath = ? AND h2s.subscribe = ? AND h2s.hostid $hostidsql"; $params = array($this->method, 1); $params = array_merge($params, $hostidparams); if ($DB->record_exists_sql($sql, $params)) { return true; } $this->error[] = '7:User with ID '. $USER->id . ' attempted to call unauthorised method '. $this->method.' on host '. $mnet_peer->wwwroot; return false; } /** * Generate a \PhpXmlRpc\Client handle and prepare it for sending to an mnet host * * @param object $mnet_peer A mnet_peer object with details of the remote host the request will be sent to * @return \PhpXmlRpc\Client handle - the almost-ready-to-send http request */ public function prepare_http_request ($mnet_peer) {
< $this->uri = $mnet_peer->wwwroot . $mnet_peer->application->xmlrpc_server_url;
> $uri = $mnet_peer->wwwroot . $mnet_peer->application->xmlrpc_server_url;
// Instantiate the xmlrpc client to be used for the client request // and configure it the way we want.
< $client = new \PhpXmlRpc\Client($this->uri);
> $client = new \PhpXmlRpc\Client($uri);
$client->setUseCurl(\PhpXmlRpc\Client::USE_CURL_ALWAYS); $client->setUserAgent('Moodle'); $client->return_type = 'xml'; // Because MNet responses ARE NOT valid xmlrpc, don't try any validation. // TODO: Link this to DEBUG DEVELOPER or with MNET debugging... // $client->setdebug(1); // See a good number of complete requests and responses. $verifyhost = 0; $verifypeer = false; if ($mnet_peer->sslverification == mnet_peer::SSL_HOST_AND_PEER) { $verifyhost = 2; $verifypeer = true; } else if ($mnet_peer->sslverification == mnet_peer::SSL_HOST) { $verifyhost = 2; } $client->setSSLVerifyHost($verifyhost); $client->setSSLVerifyPeer($verifypeer); return $client; } }