Add rate limit to registration and API endpoints

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/server/controllers/api/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/index.ts
index 60a84036e..ea2615e28 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
+import * as RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { configRouter } from './config'
 import { jobsRouter } from './jobs'
 import { oauthClientsRouter } from './oauth-clients'
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import * as cors from 'cors'
 import { searchRouter } from './search'
 import { overviewsRouter } from './overviews'
 import { videoPlaylistRouter } from './video-playlist'
+import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
 
 const apiRouter = express.Router()
 
@@ -21,6 +23,14 @@ apiRouter.use(cors({
   credentials: true
 }))
 
+// FIXME: https://github.com/nfriedly/express-rate-limit/issues/138
+// @ts-ignore
+const apiRateLimiter = RateLimit({
+  windowMs: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.API.WINDOW_MS,
+  max: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.API.MAX
+})
+apiRouter.use(apiRateLimiter)
+
 apiRouter.use('/server', serverRouter)
 apiRouter.use('/oauth-clients', oauthClientsRouter)
 apiRouter.use('/config', configRouter)
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
index c1d72087c..63747a0a9 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { UserCreate, UserRight, UserRole, UserUpdate } from '../../../../shared'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
-import { RATES_LIMIT, WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers/constants'
+import { WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { Emailer } from '../../../lib/emailer'
 import { Redis } from '../../../lib/redis'
 import { createUserAccountAndChannelAndPlaylist, sendVerifyUserEmail } from '../../../lib/user'
@@ -53,14 +53,21 @@ const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('users')
 // FIXME: https://github.com/nfriedly/express-rate-limit/issues/138
 // @ts-ignore
 const loginRateLimiter = RateLimit({
-  windowMs: RATES_LIMIT.LOGIN.WINDOW_MS,
-  max: RATES_LIMIT.LOGIN.MAX
+  windowMs: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.LOGIN.WINDOW_MS,
+  max: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.LOGIN.MAX
+})
+
+// @ts-ignore
+const signupRateLimiter = RateLimit({
+  windowMs: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.SIGNUP.WINDOW_MS,
+  max: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.SIGNUP.MAX,
+  skipFailedRequests: true
 })
 
 // @ts-ignore
 const askSendEmailLimiter = new RateLimit({
-  windowMs: RATES_LIMIT.ASK_SEND_EMAIL.WINDOW_MS,
-  max: RATES_LIMIT.ASK_SEND_EMAIL.MAX
+  windowMs: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.ASK_SEND_EMAIL.WINDOW_MS,
+  max: CONFIG.RATES_LIMIT.ASK_SEND_EMAIL.MAX
 })
 
 const usersRouter = express.Router()
@@ -114,6 +121,7 @@ usersRouter.post('/',
 )
 
 usersRouter.post('/register',
+  signupRateLimiter,
   asyncMiddleware(ensureUserRegistrationAllowed),
   ensureUserRegistrationAllowedForIP,
   asyncMiddleware(usersRegisterValidator),