Check response body for tombstone type (#1209) (#1222)

* Check response body for tombstone type (#1209)

* some small improvements

* fix PHPCS

---------

Co-authored-by: Matthew Exon <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Matthias Pfefferle <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * Improved content negotiation and AUTHORIZED_FETCH support for third-party plugins
 
+### Fixed
+
+* Handle deletes from remote servers that leave behind an accessible Tombstone object.
+
 ## [4.7.3] - 2025-01-21
 
 ### Fixed

includes/class-http.php

@@ -192,13 +192,19 @@ public static function is_tombstone( $url ) {
 		 */
 		\do_action( 'activitypub_pre_http_is_tombstone', $url );
 
-		$response = \wp_safe_remote_get( $url );
+		$response = \wp_safe_remote_get( $url, array( 'headers' => array( 'Accept' => 'application/activity+json' ) ) );
 		$code     = \wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
 
 		if ( in_array( (int) $code, array( 404, 410 ), true ) ) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
+		$data = \wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
+		$data = \json_decode( $data, true );
+		if ( $data && isset( $data['type'] ) && 'Tombstone' === $data['type'] ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		return false;
 	}
 

readme.txt

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ For reasons of data protection, it is not possible to see the followers of other
 = Unreleased =
 
 * Changed: Improved content negotiation and AUTHORIZED_FETCH support for third-party plugins
+* Fixed: Handle deletes from remote servers that leave behind an accessible Tombstone object.
 
 = 4.7.3 =
 

tests/includes/class-test-http.php

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Test file for Activitypub HTTP Class
+ *
+ * @package Activitypub
+ */
+
+namespace Activitypub\Tests;
+
+use Activitypub\Http;
+
+/**
+ * Test class for ActivityPub HTTP Class
+ *
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Activitypub\Http
+ */
+class Test_Http extends \WP_UnitTestCase {
+
+	/**
+	 * Response code is 404 -> is_tombstone returns true
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::is_tombstone
+	 *
+	 * @dataProvider data_is_tombstone
+	 *
+	 * @param array $request The request array.
+	 * @param bool  $result  The expected result.
+	 */
+	public function test_is_tombstone( $request, $result ) {
+		$fake_request = function () use ( $request ) {
+			return $request;
+		};
+		add_filter( 'pre_http_request', $fake_request, 10, 3 );
+		$response = Http::is_tombstone( 'https://fake.test/object/123' );
+		$this->assertEquals( $result, $response );
+		remove_filter( 'pre_http_request', $fake_request, 10 );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Data provider for test_is_tombstone.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function data_is_tombstone() {
+		return array(
+			array( array( 'response' => array( 'code' => 404 ) ), true ),
+			array( array( 'response' => array( 'code' => 410 ) ), true ),
+			array(
+				array(
+					'response' => array( 'code' => 200 ),
+					'body'     => '',
+				),
+				false,
+			),
+			array(
+				array(
+					'response' => array( 'code' => 200 ),
+					'body'     => '{}',
+				),
+				false,
+			),
+			array(
+				array(
+					'response' => array( 'code' => 200 ),
+					'body'     => '{"type": "Note"}',
+				),
+				false,
+			),
+			array(
+				array(
+					'response' => array( 'code' => 200 ),
+					'body'     => '{"type": "Tombstone"}',
+				),
+				true,
+			),
+			array(
+				array(
+					'response' => array( 'code' => 200 ),
+					'body'     => '{"foo": "bar"}',
+				),
+				false,
+			),
+		);
+	}
+}