How to whitelist dynamically created scripts in a WebForms project using CSP (Content Security Policy)?

Is there a secure way of whitelisting dynamically created scripts in a WebForms project using CSP (Content Security Policy)?

Using unsafe-inline like below it works but not recommended.

context.Response.Headers.Append("Content-Security-Policy", string.Format("default-src 'none'; connect-src 'self'; font-src 'self'; img-src 'self' data: https:; style-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'"));

For any other options such as nonce-(random), we see this CSP error message:

Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self'". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash, or a nonce is required to enable inline execution.

There is no such thing as 'safe-inline' for dynamic scripts, try to use dynamic imports instead? (you can reload such script in code)..

You shouldn't normally have to use 'unsafe-inline', two things that often becomes problematic is the live-reloading in development and setTimeout/setInterval in your code, they can trigger CSP easily. So better to just disable CSP in development to increase your delivery speed. 'unsafe-inline' is to enable execution of dynamically created scripts.

Update

To solve this you need to load a custom script using the standard (perhaps with async/defer) <script src="/myscript.js"></script> and 'unsafe-inline' requirement goes away. However, your technology choice ("webforms") might limit your options to do that. To test anyway, use a cdn url or a separate server (internal or external) to deliver your script. I have tested this locally with nodejs and it works as expected. The "problem" you have is most likely because that you write code like this (or code is put there):

<script>function unsafeInline() { ... }</script>

Modernizr is now v3.6.0 you use v2.8.3 and to make your error go away you can add this to your header:

<header>
  <title>CSP Test</title>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/;">
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/modernizr/2.8.3/modernizr.min.js"></script>
</header>

From a related SO question:

If modernizr is injecting all that inline stuff than it seems like your choices are to either (a) add all those hashes, (b) use 'unsafe-inline' (but which basically defeats the whole purpose of CSP…), or (c) don’t use modernizr.

The answer to that question is: remove "inline stuff" from modernizr. You can always use document.body.style = "background: #000000;"; from an external library to set style (or other) attributes. I tried all "normal" code activities in an imported external script and it doesn't trigger CSP. By normal I also mean assign objects (functions) to the window object and executing them.

Look for *.createElement("script") or similar, since that will for sure trigger CSP.

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