mrhungnq95 · November 10, 2022 08:08 · May 14, 2014
diff --git a/SaferWebViewClient.java b/SaferWebViewClient.java
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+ /**
+   * Implements whitelisting on host name
+   */
+public class SaferWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
+
+        private String[] hostsWhitelist;
+
+        public SaferWebViewClient(String hostsWhitelsit){
+            super();
+            this.hostsWhitelist = hostsWhitelist;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest(final WebView view, String url) {
+            if (isValidHost(url)) {
+                return super.shouldInterceptRequest(view, url);
+            } else {
+                return getWebResourceResponseFromString();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private WebResourceResponse getWebResourceResponseFromString() {
+            return getUtf8EncodedWebResourceResponse(new StringBufferInputStream("alert('!NO!')"));
+        }
+
+        private WebResourceResponse getUtf8EncodedWebResourceResponse(InputStream data) {
+            return new WebResourceResponse("text/css", "UTF-8", data);
+        }
+
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
+            return isValidHost(url);
+        }
+
+        private boolean isValidHost(String url){
+            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(url)) {
+                final String host = Uri.parse(url).getHost();
+                for (String whitelistedHost: hostsWhitelist){
+                    if (whitelistedHost.equalsIgnoreCase(host)){
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+}
diff --git a/WebviewUtil.java b/WebviewUtil.java
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+
+public class Util {
+public static void disableRiskySettings(WebView webView){
+
+        //javascript could be a vector to exploit your applications
+        webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(false);
+
+        //default is off, but just in case. plugins could be a vector to exploit your applications process
+        webView.getSettings().setPluginState(WebSettings.PluginState.OFF);
+
+        //Should an attacker somehow find themselves in a position to inject script into a WebView, then they could exploit the opportunity to access local resources. This can be somewhat prevented by disabling local file system access. It is enabled by default. The Android WebSettings class can be used to disable local file system access via the public method setAllowFileAccess.
+        //This restricts the WebView to loading local resources from file:///android_asset (assets) and file:///android_res (resources).
+        webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(false);
+
+        //disable Geolocation API 
+        webView.getSettings().setGeolocationEnabled(false);
+
+    }
+
+}
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