X-Forwarded-* headers are not being honored when main.servlet.https.required is set to true

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.X, 7.1.X, 7.2.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.1.10 DXP FP13, 7.1.X, 7.2.10 DXP FP1, 7.2.1 CE GA2, 7.2.X, 7.3.10 DXP GA1, Master
• Component/s: Application Security > Auth Verifiers
• Labels:
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-1-7210
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-13-7110
• Branch Version/s:
  7.2.x, 7.1.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/76585

Description
When the portal property: main.servlet.https.required is set to true, X-Forwarded-* headers are not being honored, which may result in improper redirects.

Also, the portal property: portal.proxy.path is not being accounted for as well, for the resulting redirects.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Setup a proxy server with SSL Offloading
   • Sample httpd-vhosts.conf (Apache Httpd)

     <VirtualHost *:443>
         ProxyPreserveHost On
     
         SSLEngine on
         SSLCertificateFile "/usr/local/apache2/conf/dummy-server.crt"
         SSLCertificateKeyFile "/usr/local/apache2/conf/dummy-server.key"
     
         RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto https
     
         ProxyPass /liferay http://172.17.0.1:8080
         ProxyPassReverse /liferay http://172.17.0.1:8080
     </VirtualHost>
     

     • Accommodate SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile accordingly
       • Reference: Here are links to the dummy cert I used for my testing, in case it's helpful:
         • dummy-server.crt
         • dummy-server.key
     • Replace 172.17.0.1 with the IP address to your Liferay instance
2. Configure Liferay to work with the proxy server
   • Sample portal-ext.properties:

     web.server.https.port=443
     web.server.protocol=https
     portal.proxy.path=/liferay
     
     web.server.forwarded.protocol.enabled=true
     

3. Startup Liferay and Apache Httpd
4. Navigate to https://[PROXY-SERVER-IP]/liferay
   • Replace [PROXY-SERVER-IP] with your proxy server's IP
5. Notice that Liferay loads as expected
6. Modify portal-ext.properties to include main.servlet.https.required:

   web.server.https.port=443
   web.server.protocol=https
   portal.proxy.path=/liferay
   
   web.server.forwarded.protocol.enabled=true
   main.servlet.https.required=true
   

7. Restart Liferay
8. Navigate to https://[PROXY-SERVER-IP]/liferay
   • Replace [PROXY-SERVER-IP] with your proxy server's IP

Expected Result: The redirect should occur successfully and the portal can be accessed.
Actual Result: Error message appears in the browser, due to improper redirects.