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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 Bjoern Kimminich.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+const fs = require('fs')
+const models = require('../models/index')
+const utils = require('../lib/utils')
+const insecurity = require('../lib/insecurity')
+const challenges = require('../data/datacache').challenges
+const pug = require('pug')
+const config = require('config')
+const themes = require('../views/themes/themes').themes
+
+module.exports = function getUserProfile () {
+  return (req, res, next) => {
+    fs.readFile('views/userProfile.pug', function (err, buf) {
+      if (err) throw err
+      const loggedInUser = insecurity.authenticatedUsers.get(req.cookies.token)
+      if (loggedInUser) {
+        models.User.findByPk(loggedInUser.data.id).then(user => {
+          let template = buf.toString()
+          let username = user.dataValues.username
+          if (username.match(/#\{(.*)\}/) !== null && !utils.disableOnContainerEnv()) {
+            req.app.locals.abused_ssti_bug = true
+            const code = username.substring(2, username.length - 1)
+            try {
+              username = eval(code) // eslint-disable-line no-eval
+            } catch (err) {
+              username = '\\' + username
+            }
+          } else {
+            username = '\\' + username
+          }
+          const theme = themes[config.get('application.theme')]
+          template = template.replace(/_username_/g, username)
+          template = template.replace(/_emailHash_/g, insecurity.hash(user.dataValues.email))
+          template = template.replace(/_title_/g, config.get('application.name'))
+          template = template.replace(/_favicon_/g, favicon())
+          template = template.replace(/_bgColor_/g, theme.bgColor)
+          template = template.replace(/_textColor_/g, theme.textColor)
+          template = template.replace(/_navColor_/g, theme.navColor)
+          template = template.replace(/_primLight_/g, theme.primLight)
+          template = template.replace(/_primDark_/g, theme.primDark)
+          template = template.replace(/_logo_/g, utils.extractFilename(config.get('application.logo')))
+          const fn = pug.compile(template)
+          const CSP = `img-src 'self' ${user.dataValues.profileImage}; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' https://code.getmdl.io http://ajax.googleapis.com`
+          utils.solveIf(challenges.usernameXssChallenge, () => { return user.dataValues.profileImage.match(/;[ ]*script-src(.)*'unsafe-inline'/g) !== null && utils.contains(username, '<script>alert(`xss`)</script>') })
+
+          res.set({
+            'Content-Security-Policy': CSP
+          })
+
+          res.json(fn(user.dataValues))
+        }).catch(error => {
+          next(error)
+        })
+      } else {
+        next(new Error('Blocked illegal activity by ' + req.connection.remoteAddress))
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  function favicon () {
+    return utils.extractFilename(config.get('application.favicon'))
+  }
+}