ensure HTTP_HOST is correctly defined

src/admin/middleware.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
+import re
 
 
 class RedirectAdminMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
@@ -17,3 +18,54 @@ def process_request(self, request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
             path = request.path[7:]  # Remove '/admin/'
             return HttpResponseRedirect(f'{protocol}://{host}/{path}')
         return None
+
+
+class TrustedHostMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
+    """
+    Middleware to dynamically set the HTTP_HOST from a set of HTTP headers,
+    ensuring it matches the allowed hosts in settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS.
+    """
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        # Headers to check for the host value, in priority order.
+        # X-Forwarded-Host is typically set by proxies.
+        # HTTP_HOST is the standard header sent by clients.
+        # HTTP_ORIGIN and HTTP_REFERER can offer fallbacks.
+        headers_to_check = [
+            'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST', 'HTTP_HOST', 'HTTP_ORIGIN', 'HTTP_REFERER'
+        ]
+
+        for header in headers_to_check:
+            host_value = request.META.get(header, '')
+            # Extract the hostname, excluding protocol and path.
+            host_name = self.extract_hostname(host_value)
+            # If extracted host is allowed, set it as HTTP_HOST
+            if self.is_allowed_host(host_name):
+                request.META['HTTP_HOST'] = host_name
+                print("HOST", host_name, header)
+                break
+        return self.get_response(request)
+
+    def extract_hostname(self, value):
+        """
+        Extracts hostname from a URL, ignoring protocol, port, and path.
+        """
+        # Regex captures hostname from start of string or after protocol.
+        # It stops at port delimiter ":" or path delimiter "/".
+        match = re.search(r'^(?:https?://)?([^:/]+)', value)
+        return match.group(1) if match else ''
+
+    def is_allowed_host(self, host):
+        """
+        Checks if a host matches any pattern in ALLOWED_HOSTS.
+        """
+        # Loop through ALLOWED_HOSTS to see if the host matches any pattern.
+        # Patterns starting with '.' match any subdomain.
+        for allowed_host in settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS:
+            if allowed_host.startswith('.'):
+                domain = allowed_host[1:]
+                if host.endswith('.' + domain) or host == domain[1:]:
+                    return True
+            elif host == allowed_host:  # Exact match
+                return True
+        return False

src/moore/settings/base.py

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    # Make sure the HTTP_HOST is set correctly – djang-hosts uses get_host()
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/request-response/#django.http.HttpRequest.get_host
+    'admin.middleware.TrustedHostMiddleware',
     # Subdomain for admin site. Needed by django_hosts
     'django_hosts.middleware.HostsRequestMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
@@ -92,10 +95,10 @@
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
 
     'wagtail.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectMiddleware',
-    # Subdomain for admin site. Needed by django_hosts
-    'django_hosts.middleware.HostsResponseMiddleware',
     # Redirect GET html at path "/admin/*" admin subdomain
     'admin.middleware.RedirectAdminMiddleware',
+    # Subdomain for admin site. Needed by django_hosts
+    'django_hosts.middleware.HostsResponseMiddleware',
 ]
 
 DATABASES = {

src/moore/urls.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from wagtail.admin import urls as wagtailadmin_urls
 
 from .api import api_router
-from .urls_utils import delete_urls
 
 from members.views import member_check_api
 
@@ -53,11 +52,3 @@
         settings.MEDIA_URL,
         document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT
     )
-
-# We remove the /admin redirect
-# if running tests in order to make writing tests easier.
-if settings.IS_RUNNING_TEST:
-    urlpatterns = delete_urls(
-        urlpatterns,
-        delete_name='wagtailadmin_redirect'
-    )