Laravel 9 password.confirm middleware feature not working - php

Question

I am trying to use the password.confirm middleware in some of my routes which I need to be secured. I want a user should confirm his password when he generate a specific post request.
Also, password.confirm middleware is added $routeMiddleware property in the app/Http/Kernel.php file.
This is what my route looks like in web.php.
Route::post('fetchResult', [ReportController::class, 'fetchResult'])->name('fetchComplaintResult')->middleware('password.confirm');
But it is not working. When I generate post request it directly hit to controller fetchResult method as usual.
My controller function:
public function fetchResult(Request $request)
{
Model::create([
'id' => $request->id,
'action' => $request->action,
'comments' => $request->comment
]);
// Other Action
}
Am I missing something ??

Answer 1

If you want to get prompted to confirm your password every time you should write your route like this:
Route::post('fetchResult', [ReportController::class, 'fetchResult'])
->name('fetchComplaintResult')
->middleware('password.confirm:password.confirm,1');
Why?
The password.confirm middleware maps to the Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\RequirePassword class. This is its code.
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\UrlGenerator;
class RequirePassword
{
/**
* The response factory instance.
*
* #var \Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory
*/
protected $responseFactory;
/**
* The URL generator instance.
*
* #var \Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\UrlGenerator
*/
protected $urlGenerator;
/**
* The password timeout.
*
* #var int
*/
protected $passwordTimeout;
/**
* Create a new middleware instance.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory $responseFactory
* #param \Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\UrlGenerator $urlGenerator
* #param int|null $passwordTimeout
* #return void
*/
public function __construct(ResponseFactory $responseFactory, UrlGenerator $urlGenerator, $passwordTimeout = null)
{
$this->responseFactory = $responseFactory;
$this->urlGenerator = $urlGenerator;
$this->passwordTimeout = $passwordTimeout ?: 10800;
}
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #param string|null $redirectToRoute
* #param int|null $passwordTimeoutSeconds
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $redirectToRoute = null, $passwordTimeoutSeconds = null)
{
if ($this->shouldConfirmPassword($request, $passwordTimeoutSeconds)) {
if ($request->expectsJson()) {
return $this->responseFactory->json([
'message' => 'Password confirmation required.',
], 423);
}
return $this->responseFactory->redirectGuest(
$this->urlGenerator->route($redirectToRoute ?? 'password.confirm')
);
}
return $next($request);
}
/**
* Determine if the confirmation timeout has expired.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param int|null $passwordTimeoutSeconds
* #return bool
*/
protected function shouldConfirmPassword($request, $passwordTimeoutSeconds = null)
{
$confirmedAt = time() - $request->session()->get('auth.password_confirmed_at', 0);
return $confirmedAt > ($passwordTimeoutSeconds ?? $this->passwordTimeout);
}
}
The important parts to note are the handle method's signature:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $redirectToRoute = null, $passwordTimeoutSeconds = null)
Here, $redirectToRoute and $passwordTimeoutSeconds are arguments we can set in the route file.
$redirectToRoute is used like this in the handle method:
$this->urlGenerator->route($redirectToRoute ?? 'password.confirm')
$passwordTimeoutSeconds is used here in the shouldConfirmPassword method.
return $confirmedAt > ($passwordTimeoutSeconds ?? $this->passwordTimeout);
Since it's set to null, the value $confirmedAt is compared to is $this->passwordTimeout, which is set in the constructor to 10800. (10800 seconds = 180 minutes = 3 hours).
So in summary we need to set the $passwordTimeoutSeconds parameter. Since it's the second parameter, we also need to set the $redirectToRoute parameter.
https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/middleware#middleware-parameters