discourse-md5_authentication/plugin.rb

# plugins/discourse-md5_authentication/plugin.rb

# frozen_string_literal: true

# name: discourse-md5_authentication
# about: A plugin to authenticate users with MD5 passwords from legacy systems
# version: 0.6
# authors: saint
# url: https://gitea.federated.computer/saint/discourse-md5_authentication.git

# This block will run after Discourse has initialized
after_initialize do
  # Define a module to contain the MD5 authentication logic
  module LegacyMd5Authentication
    # Override the log_on_user method to include MD5 authentication
    def log_on_user(user, session, cookie_jar, opts = {})
      # If the user has an MD5 password and the MD5 password option is passed
      if user.custom_fields['md5_password'] && opts[:md5_password]
        # Check if the provided MD5 password matches the stored MD5 password
        if user.custom_fields['md5_password'] == Digest::MD5.hexdigest(opts[:md5_password])
          # Update the user to use the new password and clear the MD5 password
          user.update!(password: opts[:md5_password])
          user.custom_fields['md5_password'] = nil
          user.save_custom_fields
        else
          # Return nil if the MD5 password does not match
          return nil
        end
      end
      # Call the original log_on_user method
      super
    end

    # Define a method to authenticate a user with an MD5 password
    def authenticate_with_md5(username, password)
      # Find the user by username or email, ignoring case
      user = User.find_by_username_or_email(username.downcase.strip)
      # Check if the user exists and the provided MD5 password matches the stored MD5 password
      if user && user.custom_fields['md5_password'] == Digest::MD5.hexdigest(password)
        # Update the user to use the new password and clear the MD5 password
        user.update!(password: password)
        user.custom_fields['md5_password'] = nil
        user.save_custom_fields
        user
      else
        nil
      end
    end
  end

  # Extend the DefaultCurrentUserProvider class to include our MD5 authentication logic
  class ::Auth::DefaultCurrentUserProvider
    prepend LegacyMd5Authentication

    # Alias the original current_user method
    alias_method :original_current_user, :current_user
    def current_user
      # Attempt to find the current user using the standard Discourse method
      user = original_current_user
      return user if user

      # Check for MD5 authentication if no user is found by the standard method
      username = @request.params[:login]
      password = @request.params[:password]

      if username && password
        # Authenticate the user with MD5
        user = authenticate_with_md5(username, password)
        @env[CURRENT_USER_KEY] = user if user
      end

      user
    end
  end
end