nuxt-security

OWASP Top 10 module that adds a few security improvements in form of a customizable server middlewares to your Nuxt application. All middlewares can be modified or disabled if needed. They can also be configured to work only on certain routes. By default all middlewares are configured to work globally.

Features

Nuxt 3 ready
Same Security headers set as by popular Express.js middleware helmet
Hidden 'X-Powered-By' header
Request Size Limiter
Rate Limiter
XSS Validator for both GET and POST requests
CORS Handler similar to popular Express.js middleware
Allowed HTTP Methods Restricter
Basic Auth support
TypeScript support

📖 Read the documentation

Preview

Setup

yarn add nuxt-security # yarn
npm i nuxt-security # npm

Usage

The only thing you need to do to use the module in the default configuration is to register the module in the modules array in nuxt.config.ts:

// nuxt.config.js

{
  modules: [
    "nuxt-security",
  ],
  security: {} // optional
}

The module will configure for you several response headers with the values recommended by Helmet as well as custom middlewares for rate and request limiting, xss validation, and CORS handling. More to come soon!

If you wish to modify them you can do so from the configuration:

// nuxt.config.js

{
  modules: [
    "nuxt-security",
  ],
  security: {
    requestSizeLimiter: {
      value: {
        maxRequestSizeInBytes: 3000000,
        maxUploadFileRequestInBytes: 9000000,
      },
      route: '/upload-file'
    }
  }
}

Or, you can pass options directly

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: [
  [
    'nuxt-security',
    {
      requestSizeLimiter: {
        value: {
          maxRequestSizeInBytes: 3000000,
          maxUploadFileRequestInBytes: 9000000,
        },
        route: '/upload-file'
      }
      // Other options
    }
  ]
  ]
})

For all available configuration options check out the docs