class HelpController < ApplicationController def index end def show @category = clean_path_info(params[:category]) @file = clean_path_info(params[:file]) if File.exists?(Rails.root.join('doc', @category, @file + '.md')) render 'show' else not_found! end end def shortcuts end def ui end private PATH_SEPS = Regexp.union(*[::File::SEPARATOR, ::File::ALT_SEPARATOR].compact) # Taken from ActionDispatch::FileHandler # Cleans up the path, to prevent directory traversal outside the doc folder. def clean_path_info(path_info) parts = path_info.split(PATH_SEPS) clean = [] # Walk over each part of the path parts.each do |part| # Turn `one//two` or `one/./two` into `one/two`. next if part.empty? || part == '.' if part == '..' # Turn `one/two/../` into `one` clean.pop else # Add simple folder names to the clean path. clean << part end end # If the path was an absolute path (i.e. `/` or `/one/two`), # add `/` to the front of the clean path. clean.unshift '/' if parts.empty? || parts.first.empty? # Join all the clean path parts by the path separator. ::File.join(*clean) end end