Spoof or remove X-Requested-With header from webview (#1812)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ The format is a modified version of [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.co
 - Fix certain Infinix, Xiaomi devices being unable to use any "Open link in browser" actions, including tracker setup ([@MajorTanya](https://github.com/MajorTanya)) ([#1684](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/pull/1684)) ([#1776](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/pull/1776))
 - Fix App's preferences referencing deleted categories ([@cuong-tran](https://github.com/cuong-tran)) ([#1734](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/pull/1734))
 - Fix backup/restore of category related preferences ([@cuong-tran](https://github.com/cuong-tran)) ([#1726](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/pull/1726))
+- Fix WebView sending app's package name in `X-Requested-With` header, which led to sources blocking access ([@AwkwardPeak7](https://github.com/AwkwardPeak7)) ([#1812](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/pull/1812))
 
 ### Removed
 - Remove alphabetical category sort option

app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/webview/WebViewScreenContent.kt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package eu.kanade.presentation.webview
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
+import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse
 import android.webkit.WebView
 import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalUriHandler
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import com.kevinnzou.web.AccompanistWebViewClient
@@ -37,13 +39,18 @@ import eu.kanade.presentation.components.AppBar
 import eu.kanade.presentation.components.AppBarActions
 import eu.kanade.presentation.components.WarningBanner
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.BuildConfig
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.NetworkHelper
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.system.WebViewUtil
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.system.getHtml
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.system.setDefaultSettings
 import kotlinx.collections.immutable.persistentListOf
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import okhttp3.Request
 import tachiyomi.i18n.MR
 import tachiyomi.presentation.core.components.material.Scaffold
 import tachiyomi.presentation.core.i18n.stringResource
+import uy.kohesive.injekt.Injekt
+import uy.kohesive.injekt.api.get
 
 @Composable
 fun WebViewScreenContent(
@@ -58,8 +65,11 @@ fun WebViewScreenContent(
 ) {
     val state = rememberWebViewState(url = url, additionalHttpHeaders = headers)
     val navigator = rememberWebViewNavigator()
+    val context = LocalContext.current
     val uriHandler = LocalUriHandler.current
     val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+    val network = remember { Injekt.get<NetworkHelper>() }
+    val spoofedPackageName = remember { WebViewUtil.spoofedPackageName(context) }
 
     var currentUrl by remember { mutableStateOf(url) }
     var showCloudflareHelp by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
@@ -114,6 +124,40 @@ fun WebViewScreenContent(
                 }
                 return super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, request)
             }
+
+            override fun shouldInterceptRequest(
+                view: WebView?,
+                request: WebResourceRequest?,
+            ): WebResourceResponse? {
+                return try {
+                    val internalRequest = Request.Builder().apply {
+                        url(request!!.url.toString())
+                        request.requestHeaders.forEach { (key, value) ->
+                            if (key == "X-Requested-With" && value in setOf(context.packageName, spoofedPackageName)) {
+                                return@forEach
+                            }
+                            addHeader(key, value)
+                        }
+                        method(request.method, null)
+                    }.build()
+
+                    val response = network.nonCloudflareClient.newCall(internalRequest).execute()
+
+                    val contentType = response.body.contentType()?.let { "${it.type}/${it.subtype}" } ?: "text/html"
+                    val contentEncoding = response.body.contentType()?.charset()?.name() ?: "utf-8"
+
+                    WebResourceResponse(
+                        contentType,
+                        contentEncoding,
+                        response.code,
+                        response.message,
+                        response.headers.associate { it.first to it.second },
+                        response.body.byteStream(),
+                    )
+                } catch (e: Throwable) {
+                    super.shouldInterceptRequest(view, request)
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 

app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/App.kt

@@ -219,17 +219,15 @@ class App : Application(), DefaultLifecycleObserver, SingletonImageLoader.Factor
         try {
             // Override the value passed as X-Requested-With in WebView requests
             val stackTrace = Looper.getMainLooper().thread.stackTrace
-            val chromiumElement = stackTrace.find {
-                it.className.equals(
-                    "org.chromium.base.BuildInfo",
-                    ignoreCase = true,
-                )
-            }
-            if (chromiumElement?.methodName.equals("getAll", ignoreCase = true)) {
-                return WebViewUtil.SPOOF_PACKAGE_NAME
+            val isChromiumCall = stackTrace.any {
+                it.className.startsWith("org.chromium.") &&
+                    it.methodName in setOf("getAll", "getPackageName", "<init>")
             }
+
+            if (isChromiumCall) return WebViewUtil.spoofedPackageName(applicationContext)
         } catch (_: Exception) {
         }
+
         return super.getPackageName()
     }
 

core/common/src/main/kotlin/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/NetworkHelper.kt

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class NetworkHelper(
 
     val cookieJar = AndroidCookieJar()
 
-    val client: OkHttpClient = run {
+    private val clientBuilder: OkHttpClient.Builder = run {
         val builder = OkHttpClient.Builder()
             .cookieJar(cookieJar)
             .connectTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ class NetworkHelper(
             builder.addNetworkInterceptor(httpLoggingInterceptor)
         }
 
-        builder.addInterceptor(
-            CloudflareInterceptor(context, cookieJar, ::defaultUserAgentProvider),
-        )
-
         when (preferences.dohProvider().get()) {
             PREF_DOH_CLOUDFLARE -> builder.dohCloudflare()
             PREF_DOH_GOOGLE -> builder.dohGoogle()
@@ -60,10 +56,17 @@ class NetworkHelper(
             PREF_DOH_CONTROLD -> builder.dohControlD()
             PREF_DOH_NJALLA -> builder.dohNajalla()
             PREF_DOH_SHECAN -> builder.dohShecan()
+            else -> builder
+        }
     }
 
-        builder.build()
-    }
+    val nonCloudflareClient = clientBuilder.build()
+
+    val client = clientBuilder
+        .addInterceptor(
+            CloudflareInterceptor(context, cookieJar, ::defaultUserAgentProvider),
+        )
+        .build()
 
     /**
      * @deprecated Since extension-lib 1.5

core/common/src/main/kotlin/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/system/WebViewUtil.kt

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import tachiyomi.core.common.util.system.logcat
 import kotlin.coroutines.resume
 
 object WebViewUtil {
-    const val SPOOF_PACKAGE_NAME = "org.chromium.chrome"
+    private const val CHROME_PACKAGE = "com.android.chrome"
+    private const val SYSTEM_SETTINGS_PACKAGE = "com.android.settings"
 
     const val MINIMUM_WEBVIEW_VERSION = 118
 
@@ -53,6 +54,16 @@ object WebViewUtil {
 
         return context.packageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WEBVIEW)
     }
+
+    fun spoofedPackageName(context: Context): String {
+        return try {
+            context.packageManager.getPackageInfo(CHROME_PACKAGE, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)
+
+            CHROME_PACKAGE
+        } catch (_: PackageManager.NameNotFoundException) {
+            SYSTEM_SETTINGS_PACKAGE
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fun WebView.isOutdated(): Boolean {