Updates to CORS patterns contribution

Closes gh-25016

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CrossOrigin.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
 import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
@@ -77,37 +78,20 @@ public @interface CrossOrigin {
 	String[] value() default {};
 
 	/**
-	 * The list of allowed origins that be specific origins, e.g.
-	 * {@code "https://domain1.com"}, or {@code "*"} for all origins.
-	 * <p>A matched origin is listed in the {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin}
-	 * response header of preflight actual CORS requests.
-	 * <p>By default all origins are allowed.
-	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> CORS checks use values from "Forwarded"
-	 * (<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7239">RFC 7239</a>),
-	 * "X-Forwarded-Host", "X-Forwarded-Port", and "X-Forwarded-Proto" headers,
-	 * if present, in order to reflect the client-originated address.
-	 * Consider using the {@code ForwardedHeaderFilter} in order to choose from a
-	 * central place whether to extract and use, or to discard such headers.
-	 * See the Spring Framework reference for more on this filter.
-	 * @see #value
+	 * A list of origins for which cross-origin requests are allowed. Please,
+	 * see {@link CorsConfiguration#setAllowedOrigins(List)} for details.
+	 * <p>By default all origins are allowed unless {@code originPatterns} is
+	 * also set in which case {@code originPatterns} is used instead.
 	 */
 	@AliasFor("value")
 	String[] origins() default {};
 
 	/**
-	 * The list of allowed origins patterns that be specific origins, e.g.
-	 * {@code ".*\.domain1\.com"}, or {@code ".*"} for matching all origins.
-	 * <p>A matched origin is listed in the {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin}
-	 * response header of preflight actual CORS requests.
-	 * <p>By default all origins are allowed.
-	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> CORS checks use values from "Forwarded"
-	 * (<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7239">RFC 7239</a>),
-	 * "X-Forwarded-Host", "X-Forwarded-Port", and "X-Forwarded-Proto" headers,
-	 * if present, in order to reflect the client-originated address.
-	 * Consider using the {@code ForwardedHeaderFilter} in order to choose from a
-	 * central place whether to extract and use, or to discard such headers.
-	 * See the Spring Framework reference for more on this filter.
-	 * @see #value
+	 * Alternative to {@link #origins()} that supports origins declared via
+	 * wildcard patterns. Please, see
+	 * @link CorsConfiguration#setAllowedOriginPatterns(List)} for details.
+	 * <p>By default this is not set.
+	 * @since 5.3
 	 */
 	String[] originPatterns() default {};
 

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.java

@@ -54,30 +54,30 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 
 	/** Wildcard representing <em>all</em> origins, methods, or headers. */
 	public static final String ALL = "*";
-	/** Wildcard representing pattern that matches <em>all</em> origins. */
-	public static final String ALL_PATTERN = ".*";
 
-	private static final List<HttpMethod> DEFAULT_METHODS = Collections.unmodifiableList(
-			Arrays.asList(HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.HEAD));
+	private static final List<String> ALL_LIST = Collections.unmodifiableList(
+			Collections.singletonList(ALL));
 
-	private static final List<String> DEFAULT_PERMIT_METHODS = Collections.unmodifiableList(
-			Arrays.asList(HttpMethod.GET.name(), HttpMethod.HEAD.name(), HttpMethod.POST.name()));
+	private static final OriginPattern ALL_PATTERN = new OriginPattern("*");
+
+	private static final List<OriginPattern> ALL_PATTERN_LIST = Collections.unmodifiableList(
+			Collections.singletonList(ALL_PATTERN));
 
 	private static final List<String> DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL = Collections.unmodifiableList(
 			Collections.singletonList(ALL));
 
-	private static final List<String> DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN_STR = Collections.unmodifiableList(
-			Collections.singletonList(ALL_PATTERN));
+	private static final List<HttpMethod> DEFAULT_METHODS = Collections.unmodifiableList(
+			Arrays.asList(HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.HEAD));
 
-	private static final List<Pattern> DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN = Collections.unmodifiableList(
-			Collections.singletonList(Pattern.compile(ALL_PATTERN)));
+	private static final List<String> DEFAULT_PERMIT_METHODS = Collections.unmodifiableList(
+			Arrays.asList(HttpMethod.GET.name(), HttpMethod.HEAD.name(), HttpMethod.POST.name()));
 
 
 	@Nullable
 	private List<String> allowedOrigins;
 
 	@Nullable
-	private List<Pattern> allowedOriginPatterns;
+	private List<OriginPattern> allowedOriginPatterns;
 
 	@Nullable
 	private List<String> allowedMethods;
@@ -123,9 +123,19 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the origins to allow, e.g. {@code "https://domain1.com"}.
-	 * <p>The special value {@code "*"} allows all domains.
-	 * <p>By default this is not set.
+	 * A list of origins for which cross-origin requests are allowed. Values may
+	 * be a specific domain, e.g. {@code "https://domain1.com"}, or the CORS
+	 * defined special value {@code "*"} for all origins.
+	 * <p>For matched pre-flight and actual requests the
+	 * {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin} response header is set either to the
+	 * matched domain value or to {@code "*"}. Keep in mind however that the
+	 * CORS spec does not allow {@code "*"} when {@link #setAllowCredentials
+	 * allowCredentials} is set to {@code true} and as of 5.3 that combination
+	 * is rejected in favor of using {@link #setAllowedOriginPatterns
+	 * allowedOriginPatterns} instead.
+	 * <p>By default this is not set which means that no origins are allowed.
+	 * However an instance of this class is often initialized further, e.g. for
+	 * {@code @CrossOrigin}, via {@link #applyPermitDefaultValues()}.
 	 */
 	public void setAllowedOrigins(@Nullable List<String> allowedOrigins) {
 		this.allowedOrigins = (allowedOrigins != null ? new ArrayList<>(allowedOrigins) : null);
@@ -133,8 +143,6 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the configured origins to allow, or {@code null} if none.
-	 * @see #addAllowedOrigin(String)
-	 * @see #setAllowedOrigins(List)
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	public List<String> getAllowedOrigins() {
@@ -142,21 +150,29 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Add an origin to allow.
+	 * Variant of {@link #setAllowedOrigins} for adding one origin at a time.
 	 */
 	public void addAllowedOrigin(String origin) {
 		if (this.allowedOrigins == null) {
 			this.allowedOrigins = new ArrayList<>(4);
 		}
-		else if (this.allowedOrigins == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL) {
+		else if (this.allowedOrigins == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL && CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.allowedOriginPatterns)) {
 			setAllowedOrigins(DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL);
 		}
 		this.allowedOrigins.add(origin);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the origins patterns to allow, e.g. {@code "*.com"}.
+	 * Alternative to {@link #setAllowedOrigins} that supports origins declared
+	 * via wildcard patterns. In contrast to {@link #setAllowedOrigins allowedOrigins}
+	 * which does support the special value {@code "*"}, this property allows
+	 * more flexible patterns, e.g. {@code "https://*.domain1.com"}. Furthermore
+	 * it always sets the {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin} response header to
+	 * the matched origin and never to {@code "*"}, nor to any other pattern, and
+	 * therefore can be used in combination with {@link #setAllowCredentials}
+	 * set to {@code true}.
 	 * <p>By default this is not set.
+	 * @since 5.3
 	 */
 	public CorsConfiguration setAllowedOriginPatterns(@Nullable List<String> allowedOriginPatterns) {
 		if (allowedOriginPatterns == null) {
@@ -164,42 +180,39 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 		}
 		else {
 			this.allowedOriginPatterns = new ArrayList<>(allowedOriginPatterns.size());
-			for (String pattern : allowedOriginPatterns) {
-				this.allowedOriginPatterns.add(Pattern.compile(pattern));
+			for (String patternValue : allowedOriginPatterns) {
+				addAllowedOriginPattern(patternValue);
 			}
 		}
-
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the configured origins patterns to allow, or {@code null} if none.
-	 *
-	 * @see #addAllowedOriginPattern(String)
-	 * @see #setAllowedOriginPatterns(List)
+	 * @since 5.3
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	public List<String> getAllowedOriginPatterns() {
 		if (this.allowedOriginPatterns == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		if (this.allowedOriginPatterns == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN) {
-			return DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN_STR;
-		}
-		return this.allowedOriginPatterns.stream().map(Pattern::toString).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		return this.allowedOriginPatterns.stream()
+				.map(OriginPattern::getDeclaredPattern)
+				.collect(Collectors.toList());
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Add an origin pattern to allow.
+	 * Variant of {@link #setAllowedOriginPatterns} for adding one origin at a time.
+	 * @since 5.3
 	 */
 	public void addAllowedOriginPattern(String originPattern) {
 		if (this.allowedOriginPatterns == null) {
 			this.allowedOriginPatterns = new ArrayList<>(4);
 		}
-		else if (this.allowedOriginPatterns == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN) {
-			setAllowedOriginPatterns(DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN_STR);
+		this.allowedOriginPatterns.add(new OriginPattern(originPattern));
+		if (this.allowedOrigins == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL) {
+			this.allowedOrigins = null;
 		}
-		this.allowedOriginPatterns.add(Pattern.compile(originPattern));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -397,16 +410,15 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * By default a newly created {@code CorsConfiguration} does not permit any
-	 * cross-origin requests and must be configured explicitly to indicate what
-	 * should be allowed.
-	 * <p>Use this method to flip the initialization model to start with open
-	 * defaults that permit all cross-origin requests for GET, HEAD, and POST
-	 * requests. Note however that this method will not override any existing
-	 * values already set.
-	 * <p>The following defaults are applied if not already set:
+	 * By default {@code CorsConfiguration} does not permit any cross-origin
+	 * requests and must be configured explicitly. Use this method to switch to
+	 * defaults that permit all cross-origin requests for GET, HEAD, and POST,
+	 * but not overriding any values that have already been set.
+	 * <p>The following defaults are applied for values that are not set:
 	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Allow all origins.</li>
+	 * <li>Allow all origins with the special value {@code "*"} defined in the
+	 * CORS spec. This is set only if neither {@link #setAllowedOrigins origins}
+	 * nor {@link #setAllowedOriginPatterns originPatterns} are already set.</li>
 	 * <li>Allow "simple" methods {@code GET}, {@code HEAD} and {@code POST}.</li>
 	 * <li>Allow all headers.</li>
 	 * <li>Set max age to 1800 seconds (30 minutes).</li>
@@ -430,6 +442,26 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Validate that when {@link #setAllowCredentials allowCredentials} is true,
+	 * {@link #setAllowedOrigins allowedOrigins} does not contain the special
+	 * value {@code "*"} since in that case the "Access-Control-Allow-Origin"
+	 * cannot be set to {@code "*"}.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the validation fails
+	 * @since 5.3
+	 */
+	public void validateAllowCredentials() {
+		if (this.allowCredentials == Boolean.TRUE &&
+				this.allowedOrigins != null && this.allowedOrigins.contains(ALL)) {
+
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"When allowCredentials is true, allowedOrigins cannot contain the special value \"*\"" +
+							"since that cannot be set on the \"Access-Control-Allow-Origin\" response header. " +
+							"To allow credentials to a set of origins, list them explicitly " +
+							"or consider using \"allowedOriginPatterns\" instead.");
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Combine the non-null properties of the supplied
 	 * {@code CorsConfiguration} with this one.
@@ -439,12 +471,11 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 	 * <p>Combining lists like {@code allowedOrigins}, {@code allowedMethods},
 	 * {@code allowedHeaders} or {@code exposedHeaders} is done in an additive
 	 * way. For example, combining {@code ["GET", "POST"]} with
-	 * {@code ["PATCH"]} results in {@code ["GET", "POST", "PATCH"]}, but keep
-	 * in mind that combining {@code ["GET", "POST"]} with {@code ["*"]}
-	 * results in {@code ["*"]}.
-	 * <p>Notice that default permit values set by
+	 * {@code ["PATCH"]} results in {@code ["GET", "POST", "PATCH"]}. However,
+	 * combining {@code ["GET", "POST"]} with {@code ["*"]} results in
+	 * {@code ["*"]}. Note also that default permit values set by
 	 * {@link CorsConfiguration#applyPermitDefaultValues()} are overridden by
-	 * any value explicitly defined.
+	 * any explicitly defined values.
 	 * @return the combined {@code CorsConfiguration}, or {@code this}
 	 * configuration if the supplied configuration is {@code null}
 	 */
@@ -453,15 +484,12 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 		if (other == null) {
 			return this;
 		}
+		// Bypass setAllowedOrigins to avoid re-compiling patterns
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration(this);
-		List<String> combinedOrigins = combine(getAllowedOrigins(), other.getAllowedOrigins());
-		List<String> combinedOriginPatterns = combine(getAllowedOriginPatterns(), other.getAllowedOriginPatterns());
-		if (combinedOrigins == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL && combinedOriginPatterns != DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN_STR
-			&& !CollectionUtils.isEmpty(combinedOriginPatterns)) {
-			combinedOrigins = null;
-		}
-		config.setAllowedOrigins(combinedOrigins);
-		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(combinedOriginPatterns);
+		List<String> origins = combine(getAllowedOrigins(), other.getAllowedOrigins());
+		List<OriginPattern> patterns = combinePatterns(this.allowedOriginPatterns, other.allowedOriginPatterns);
+		config.allowedOrigins = (origins == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL && !CollectionUtils.isEmpty(patterns) ? null : origins);
+		config.allowedOriginPatterns = patterns;
 		config.setAllowedMethods(combine(getAllowedMethods(), other.getAllowedMethods()));
 		config.setAllowedHeaders(combine(getAllowedHeaders(), other.getAllowedHeaders()));
 		config.setExposedHeaders(combine(getExposedHeaders(), other.getExposedHeaders()));
@@ -483,25 +511,40 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 		if (source == null) {
 			return other;
 		}
-		if (source == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL || source == DEFAULT_PERMIT_METHODS
-				|| source == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN_STR) {
+		if (source == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL || source == DEFAULT_PERMIT_METHODS) {
 			return other;
 		}
-		if (other == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL || other == DEFAULT_PERMIT_METHODS
-				|| other == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL_PATTERN_STR) {
+		if (other == DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL || other == DEFAULT_PERMIT_METHODS) {
 			return source;
 		}
 		if (source.contains(ALL) || other.contains(ALL)) {
-			return new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList(ALL));
+			return ALL_LIST;
+		}
+		Set<String> combined = new LinkedHashSet<>(source.size() + other.size());
+		combined.addAll(source);
+		combined.addAll(other);
+		return new ArrayList<>(combined);
+	}
+
+	private List<OriginPattern> combinePatterns(
+			@Nullable List<OriginPattern> source, @Nullable List<OriginPattern> other) {
+
+		if (other == null) {
+			return (source != null ? source : Collections.emptyList());
 		}
-		if ( source.contains(ALL_PATTERN) || other.contains(ALL_PATTERN)) {
-			return new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList(ALL_PATTERN));
+		if (source == null) {
+			return other;
 		}
-		Set<String> combined = new LinkedHashSet<>(source);
+		if (source.contains(ALL_PATTERN) || other.contains(ALL_PATTERN)) {
+			return ALL_PATTERN_LIST;
+		}
+		Set<OriginPattern> combined = new LinkedHashSet<>(source.size() + other.size());
+		combined.addAll(source);
 		combined.addAll(other);
 		return new ArrayList<>(combined);
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Check the origin of the request against the configured allowed origins.
 	 * @param requestOrigin the origin to check
@@ -513,15 +556,10 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 		if (!StringUtils.hasText(requestOrigin)) {
 			return null;
 		}
-
 		if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(this.allowedOrigins)) {
 			if (this.allowedOrigins.contains(ALL)) {
-				if (this.allowCredentials != Boolean.TRUE) {
-					return ALL;
-				}
-				else {
-					return requestOrigin;
-				}
+				validateAllowCredentials();
+				return ALL;
 			}
 			for (String allowedOrigin : this.allowedOrigins) {
 				if (requestOrigin.equalsIgnoreCase(allowedOrigin)) {
@@ -530,21 +568,12 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 			}
 		}
 		if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(this.allowedOriginPatterns)) {
-			for (Pattern allowedOriginsPattern : this.allowedOriginPatterns) {
-				if (allowedOriginsPattern.pattern().equals(ALL_PATTERN)) {
-					if (this.allowCredentials != Boolean.TRUE) {
-						return ALL;
-					}
-					else {
-						return requestOrigin;
-					}
-				}
-				else if (allowedOriginsPattern.matcher(requestOrigin).matches()) {
+			for (OriginPattern p : this.allowedOriginPatterns) {
+				if (p.getDeclaredPattern().equals(ALL) || p.getPattern().matcher(requestOrigin).matches()) {
 					return requestOrigin;
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
 		return null;
 	}
 
@@ -608,4 +637,57 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 		return (result.isEmpty() ? null : result);
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Contains both the user-declared pattern (e.g. "https://*.domain.com") and
+	 * the regex {@link Pattern} derived from it.
+	 */
+	private static class OriginPattern {
+
+		private final String declaredPattern;
+
+		private final Pattern pattern;
+
+		OriginPattern(String declaredPattern) {
+			this.declaredPattern = declaredPattern;
+			this.pattern = toPattern(declaredPattern);
+		}
+
+		private static Pattern toPattern(String patternValue) {
+			patternValue = "\\Q" + patternValue + "\\E";
+			patternValue = patternValue.replace("*", "\\E.*\\Q");
+			return Pattern.compile(patternValue);
+		}
+
+		public String getDeclaredPattern() {
+			return this.declaredPattern;
+		}
+
+		public Pattern getPattern() {
+			return this.pattern;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object other) {
+			if (this == other) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			if (other == null || !getClass().equals(other.getClass())) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(
+					this.declaredPattern, ((OriginPattern) other).declaredPattern);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode() {
+			return this.declaredPattern.hashCode();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return this.declaredPattern;
+		}
+	}
+
 }

spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfigurationTests.java

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		config.setAllowedOrigins(null);
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
+		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(null);
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).isNull();
 		config.setAllowedHeaders(null);
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).isNull();
 		config.setAllowedMethods(null);
@@ -50,42 +52,39 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isNull();
 		config.setMaxAge((Long) null);
 		assertThat(config.getMaxAge()).isNull();
-		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(null);
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).isNull();
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void setValues() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.example.com");
 		config.addAllowedHeader("*");
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("*");
 		config.addAllowedMethod("*");
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("*");
 		config.addExposedHeader("header1");
 		config.addExposedHeader("header2");
-		assertThat(config.getExposedHeaders()).containsExactly("header1", "header2");
 		config.setAllowCredentials(true);
-		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
 		config.setMaxAge(123L);
+
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.example.com");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getExposedHeaders()).containsExactly("header1", "header2");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
 		assertThat(config.getMaxAge()).isEqualTo(new Long(123));
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.example\\.com");
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.example\\.com");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void asteriskWildCardOnAddExposedHeader() {
-		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
-		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
-				config.addExposedHeader("*"));
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new CorsConfiguration().addExposedHeader("*"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void asteriskWildCardOnSetExposedHeaders() {
-		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> config.setExposedHeaders(Collections.singletonList("*")));
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new CorsConfiguration().setExposedHeaders(Collections.singletonList("*")));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -94,28 +93,31 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		config.setAllowedOrigins(Collections.singletonList("*"));
 		config.combine(null);
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).isNull();
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void combineWithNullProperties() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
+		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Collections.singletonList("http://*.example.com"));
 		config.addAllowedHeader("header1");
 		config.addExposedHeader("header3");
 		config.addAllowedMethod(HttpMethod.GET.name());
 		config.setMaxAge(123L);
 		config.setAllowCredentials(true);
-		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Collections.singletonList(".*\\.example\\.com"));
+
 		CorsConfiguration other = new CorsConfiguration();
 		config = config.combine(other);
+
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.example.com");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("header1");
 		assertThat(config.getExposedHeaders()).containsExactly("header3");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET.name());
 		assertThat(config.getMaxAge()).isEqualTo(new Long(123));
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.example\\.com");
 	}
 
 	@Test  // SPR-15772
@@ -157,35 +159,36 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 	public void combinePatternWithDefaultPermitValues() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration().applyPermitDefaultValues();
 		CorsConfiguration other = new CorsConfiguration();
-		other.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.com");
+		other.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.com");
 
 		CorsConfiguration combinedConfig = other.combine(config);
 		assertThat(combinedConfig).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
-		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.com");
+		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.com");
 
 		combinedConfig = config.combine(other);
 		assertThat(combinedConfig).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
-		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.com");
+		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.com");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void combinePatternWithDefaultPermitValuesAndCustomOrigin() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration().applyPermitDefaultValues();
 		config.setAllowedOrigins(Collections.singletonList("https://domain.com"));
+
 		CorsConfiguration other = new CorsConfiguration();
-		other.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.com");
+		other.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.com");
 
 		CorsConfiguration combinedConfig = other.combine(config);
 		assertThat(combinedConfig).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("https://domain.com");
-		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.com");
+		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.com");
 
 		combinedConfig = config.combine(other);
 		assertThat(combinedConfig).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("https://domain.com");
-		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.com");
+		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.com");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -194,25 +197,28 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		config.addAllowedHeader("*");
 		config.addAllowedMethod("*");
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
+
 		CorsConfiguration other = new CorsConfiguration();
 		other.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain.com");
+		other.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.company.com");
 		other.addAllowedHeader("header1");
 		other.addExposedHeader("header2");
-		other.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.company\\.com");
 		other.addAllowedMethod(HttpMethod.PUT.name());
+
 		CorsConfiguration combinedConfig = config.combine(other);
 		assertThat(combinedConfig).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("*");
-		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*");
+
 		combinedConfig = other.combine(config);
 		assertThat(combinedConfig).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("*");
-		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*");
 	}
 
 	@Test  // SPR-14792
@@ -226,41 +232,45 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		config.addExposedHeader("header4");
 		config.addAllowedMethod(HttpMethod.GET.name());
 		config.addAllowedMethod(HttpMethod.PUT.name());
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.domain1\\.com");
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.domain2\\.com");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.domain1.com");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.domain2.com");
+
 		CorsConfiguration other = new CorsConfiguration();
 		other.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain1.com");
+		other.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.domain1.com");
 		other.addAllowedHeader("header1");
 		other.addExposedHeader("header3");
 		other.addAllowedMethod(HttpMethod.GET.name());
-		other.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.domain1\\.com");
+
 		CorsConfiguration combinedConfig = config.combine(other);
 		assertThat(combinedConfig).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("https://domain1.com", "https://domain2.com");
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("header1", "header2");
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getExposedHeaders()).containsExactly("header3", "header4");
 		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET.name(), HttpMethod.PUT.name());
-		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.domain1\\.com", ".*\\.domain2\\.com");
+		assertThat(combinedConfig.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.domain1.com", "http://*.domain2.com");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void combine() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain1.com");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.domain1.com");
 		config.addAllowedHeader("header1");
 		config.addExposedHeader("header3");
 		config.addAllowedMethod(HttpMethod.GET.name());
 		config.setMaxAge(123L);
 		config.setAllowCredentials(true);
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.domain1\\.com");
+
 		CorsConfiguration other = new CorsConfiguration();
 		other.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain2.com");
+		other.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.domain2.com");
 		other.addAllowedHeader("header2");
 		other.addExposedHeader("header4");
 		other.addAllowedMethod(HttpMethod.PUT.name());
 		other.setMaxAge(456L);
 		other.setAllowCredentials(false);
-		other.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.domain2\\.com");
+
 		config = config.combine(other);
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("https://domain1.com", "https://domain2.com");
@@ -270,18 +280,21 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(config.getMaxAge()).isEqualTo(new Long(456));
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.domain1\\.com", ".*\\.domain2\\.com");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.domain1.com", "http://*.domain2.com");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void checkOriginAllowed() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
-		config.setAllowedOrigins(Collections.singletonList("*"));
+		config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isEqualTo("*");
+
 		config.setAllowCredentials(true);
-		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isEqualTo("https://domain.com");
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com"));
+
 		config.setAllowedOrigins(Collections.singletonList("https://domain.com"));
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isEqualTo("https://domain.com");
+
 		config.setAllowCredentials(false);
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isEqualTo("https://domain.com");
 	}
@@ -291,10 +304,13 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin(null)).isNull();
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isNull();
+
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin(null)).isNull();
+
 		config.setAllowedOrigins(Collections.singletonList("https://domain1.com"));
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain2.com")).isNull();
+
 		config.setAllowedOrigins(new ArrayList<>());
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isNull();
 	}
@@ -302,12 +318,17 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 	@Test
 	public void checkOriginPatternAllowed() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
-		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Collections.singletonList(".*"));
+		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isNull();
+
+		config.applyPermitDefaultValues();
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isEqualTo("*");
+
 		config.setAllowCredentials(true);
-		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isEqualTo("https://domain.com");
-		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Collections.singletonList(".*\\.domain\\.com"));
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com"));
+
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("https://*.domain.com");
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://example.domain.com")).isEqualTo("https://example.domain.com");
+
 		config.setAllowCredentials(false);
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://example.domain.com")).isEqualTo("https://example.domain.com");
 	}
@@ -317,10 +338,12 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin(null)).isNull();
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isNull();
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin(null)).isNull();
-		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Collections.singletonList(".*\\.domain1\\.com"));
+
+		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Collections.singletonList("http://*.domain1.com"));
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain2.com")).isNull();
+
 		config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(new ArrayList<>());
 		assertThat(config.checkOrigin("https://domain.com")).isNull();
 	}
@@ -329,8 +352,10 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 	public void checkMethodAllowed() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		assertThat(config.checkHttpMethod(HttpMethod.GET)).containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.HEAD);
+
 		config.addAllowedMethod("GET");
 		assertThat(config.checkHttpMethod(HttpMethod.GET)).containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET);
+
 		config.addAllowedMethod("POST");
 		assertThat(config.checkHttpMethod(HttpMethod.GET)).containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.POST);
 		assertThat(config.checkHttpMethod(HttpMethod.POST)).containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.POST);
@@ -341,6 +366,7 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		assertThat(config.checkHttpMethod(null)).isNull();
 		assertThat(config.checkHttpMethod(HttpMethod.DELETE)).isNull();
+
 		config.setAllowedMethods(new ArrayList<>());
 		assertThat(config.checkHttpMethod(HttpMethod.POST)).isNull();
 	}
@@ -349,8 +375,10 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 	public void checkHeadersAllowed() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(Collections.emptyList())).isEqualTo(Collections.emptyList());
+
 		config.addAllowedHeader("header1");
 		config.addAllowedHeader("header2");
+
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(Collections.singletonList("header1"))).containsExactly("header1");
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(Arrays.asList("header1", "header2"))).containsExactly("header1", "header2");
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(Arrays.asList("header1", "header2", "header3"))).containsExactly("header1", "header2");
@@ -361,8 +389,10 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(null)).isNull();
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(Collections.singletonList("header1"))).isNull();
+
 		config.setAllowedHeaders(Collections.emptyList());
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(Collections.singletonList("header1"))).isNull();
+
 		config.addAllowedHeader("header2");
 		config.addAllowedHeader("header3");
 		assertThat(config.checkHeaders(Collections.singletonList("header1"))).isNull();
@@ -374,6 +404,7 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain.com");
 		config.addAllowedHeader("header1");
 		config.addAllowedMethod("PATCH");
+
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*", "https://domain.com");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("*", "header1");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("GET", "HEAD", "POST", "PATCH");
@@ -382,9 +413,10 @@ public class CorsConfigurationTests {
 	@Test
 	public void permitDefaultDoesntSetOriginWhenPatternPresent() {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.com");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.com");
 		config = config.applyPermitDefaultValues();
+
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.com");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.com");
 	}
 }

spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessorTests.java

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.cors;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletResponse;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
 
 /**
  * Test {@link DefaultCorsProcessor} with simple or preflight CORS request.
@@ -138,11 +141,17 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestCredentialsWithOriginWildcard() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestCredentialsWithWildcardOrigin() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setMethod(HttpMethod.GET.name());
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "https://domain2.com");
+
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		this.conf.setAllowCredentials(true);
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> this.processor.processRequest(this.conf, this.request, this.response));
+
+		this.conf.setAllowedOrigins(null);
+		this.conf.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 
 		this.processor.processRequest(this.conf, this.request, this.response);
 		assertThat(this.response.containsHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN)).isTrue();
@@ -311,17 +320,21 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestCredentialsWithOriginWildcard() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestCredentialsWithWildcardOrigin() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setMethod(HttpMethod.OPTIONS.name());
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "https://domain2.com");
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET");
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1");
-		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain1.com");
-		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("*");
-		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("http://domain3.example");
+		this.conf.setAllowedOrigins(Arrays.asList("https://domain1.com", "*", "http://domain3.example"));
 		this.conf.addAllowedHeader("Header1");
 		this.conf.setAllowCredentials(true);
 
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
+				this.processor.processRequest(this.conf, this.request, this.response));
+
+		this.conf.setAllowedOrigins(null);
+		this.conf.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
+
 		this.processor.processRequest(this.conf, this.request, this.response);
 		assertThat(this.response.containsHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(this.response.getHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN)).isEqualTo("https://domain2.com");

spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessorTests.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.testfixture.http.server.reactive.MockServerHttpRe
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.server.MockServerWebExchange;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_HEADERS;
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN;
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 
 
 	@Test
-	public void requestWithoutOriginHeader() throws Exception {
+	public void requestWithoutOriginHeader() {
 		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest
 				.method(HttpMethod.GET, "http://domain1.example/test.html")
 				.build();
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void sameOriginRequest() throws Exception {
+	public void sameOriginRequest() {
 		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest
 				.method(HttpMethod.GET, "http://domain1.example/test.html")
 				.header(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "http://domain1.example")
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestWithOriginHeader() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestWithOriginHeader() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = actualRequest();
 		this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange);
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestWithOriginHeaderAndNullConfig() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestWithOriginHeaderAndNullConfig() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = actualRequest();
 		this.processor.process(null, exchange);
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestWithOriginHeaderAndAllowedOrigin() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestWithOriginHeaderAndAllowedOrigin() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = actualRequest();
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange);
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestCredentials() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestCredentials() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = actualRequest();
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain1.com");
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("https://domain2.com");
@@ -144,10 +145,14 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestCredentialsWithOriginWildcard() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestCredentialsWithWildcardOrigin() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = actualRequest();
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		this.conf.setAllowCredentials(true);
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange));
+
+		this.conf.setAllowedOrigins(null);
+		this.conf.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 		this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange);
 
 		ServerHttpResponse response = exchange.getResponse();
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestCaseInsensitiveOriginMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestCaseInsensitiveOriginMatch() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = actualRequest();
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("https://DOMAIN2.com");
 		this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange);
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestExposedHeaders() throws Exception {
+	public void actualRequestExposedHeaders() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = actualRequest();
 		this.conf.addExposedHeader("header1");
 		this.conf.addExposedHeader("header2");
@@ -193,7 +198,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestAllOriginsAllowed() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestAllOriginsAllowed() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(
 				preFlightRequest().header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET"));
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("*");
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWrongAllowedMethod() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestWrongAllowedMethod() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(
 				preFlightRequest().header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "DELETE"));
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("*");
@@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestMatchedAllowedMethod() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestMatchedAllowedMethod() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(
 				preFlightRequest().header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET"));
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("*");
@@ -234,7 +239,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestTestWithOriginButWithoutOtherHeaders() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestTestWithOriginButWithoutOtherHeaders() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest());
 		this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange);
 
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWithoutRequestMethod() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestWithoutRequestMethod() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(
 				preFlightRequest().header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1"));
 		this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange);
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWithRequestAndMethodHeaderButNoConfig() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestWithRequestAndMethodHeaderButNoConfig() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest()
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1"));
@@ -274,7 +279,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestValidRequestAndConfig() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestValidRequestAndConfig() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest()
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1"));
@@ -299,7 +304,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestCredentials() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestCredentials() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest()
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1"));
@@ -323,7 +328,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestCredentialsWithOriginWildcard() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestCredentialsWithWildcardOrigin() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest()
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1"));
@@ -333,7 +338,10 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 		this.conf.addAllowedOrigin("http://domain3.example");
 		this.conf.addAllowedHeader("Header1");
 		this.conf.setAllowCredentials(true);
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange));
 
+		this.conf.setAllowedOrigins(null);
+		this.conf.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 		this.processor.process(this.conf, exchange);
 
 		ServerHttpResponse response = exchange.getResponse();
@@ -345,7 +353,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestAllowedHeaders() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestAllowedHeaders() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest()
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1, Header2"));
@@ -369,7 +377,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestAllowsAllHeaders() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestAllowsAllHeaders() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest()
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, "Header1, Header2"));
@@ -391,7 +399,7 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWithEmptyHeaders() throws Exception {
+	public void preflightRequestWithEmptyHeaders() {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(preFlightRequest()
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
 				.header(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS, ""));

spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/CorsRegistration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.web.reactive.config;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
 
@@ -44,24 +45,28 @@ public class CorsRegistration {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * The list of allowed origins that be specific origins, e.g.
-	 * {@code "https://domain1.com"}, or {@code "*"} for all origins.
-	 * <p>A matched origin is listed in the {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin}
-	 * response header of preflight actual CORS requests.
-	 * <p>By default all origins are allowed.
-	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> CORS checks use values from "Forwarded"
-	 * (<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7239">RFC 7239</a>),
-	 * "X-Forwarded-Host", "X-Forwarded-Port", and "X-Forwarded-Proto" headers,
-	 * if present, in order to reflect the client-originated address.
-	 * Consider using the {@code ForwardedHeaderFilter} in order to choose from a
-	 * central place whether to extract and use, or to discard such headers.
-	 * See the Spring Framework reference for more on this filter.
+	 * A list of origins for which cross-origin requests are allowed. Please,
+	 * see {@link CorsConfiguration#setAllowedOrigins(List)} for details.
+	 * <p>By default all origins are allowed unless {@code originPatterns} is
+	 * also set in which case {@code originPatterns} is used instead.
 	 */
 	public CorsRegistration allowedOrigins(String... origins) {
 		this.config.setAllowedOrigins(new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(origins)));
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Alternative to {@link #allowCredentials} that supports origins declared
+	 * via wildcard patterns. Please, see
+	 * @link CorsConfiguration#setAllowedOriginPatterns(List)} for details.
+	 * <p>By default this is not set.
+	 * @since 5.3
+	 */
+	public CorsRegistration allowedOriginPatterns(String... patterns) {
+		this.config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Arrays.asList(patterns));
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the HTTP methods to allow, e.g. {@code "GET"}, {@code "POST"}, etc.
 	 * <p>The special value {@code "*"} allows all methods.

spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java

@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMapping extends ApplicationObjectSupport
 				CorsConfiguration config = (this.corsConfigurationSource != null ? this.corsConfigurationSource.getCorsConfiguration(exchange) : null);
 				CorsConfiguration handlerConfig = getCorsConfiguration(handler, exchange);
 				config = (config != null ? config.combine(handlerConfig) : handlerConfig);
+				if (config != null) {
+					config.validateAllowCredentials();
+				}
 				if (!this.corsProcessor.process(config, exchange) || CorsUtils.isPreFlightRequest(request)) {
 					return REQUEST_HANDLED_HANDLER;
 				}

spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMethodMapping<T> extends AbstractHandlerMap
 	private static final CorsConfiguration ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG = new CorsConfiguration();
 
 	static {
-		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedOrigin("*");
+		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedMethod("*");
 		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedHeader("*");
 		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.setAllowCredentials(true);
@@ -485,9 +485,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMethodMapping<T> extends AbstractHandlerMap
 				validateMethodMapping(handlerMethod, mapping);
 				this.mappingLookup.put(mapping, handlerMethod);
 
-				CorsConfiguration corsConfig = initCorsConfiguration(handler, method, mapping);
-				if (corsConfig != null) {
-					this.corsLookup.put(handlerMethod, corsConfig);
+				CorsConfiguration config = initCorsConfiguration(handler, method, mapping);
+				if (config != null) {
+					config.validateAllowCredentials();
+					this.corsLookup.put(handlerMethod, config);
 				}
 
 				this.registry.put(mapping, new MappingRegistration<>(mapping, handlerMethod));

spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/CorsRegistryTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.config;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -56,11 +57,20 @@ public class CorsRegistryTests {
 		assertThat(configs.size()).isEqualTo(1);
 		CorsConfiguration config = configs.get("/foo");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("https://domain2.com", "https://domain2.com"));
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("DELETE"));
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("DELETE"));
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("header1", "header2"));
 		assertThat(config.getExposedHeaders()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("header3", "header4"));
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isEqualTo(false);
 		assertThat(config.getMaxAge()).isEqualTo(Long.valueOf(3600));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void allowCredentials() {
+		this.registry.addMapping("/foo").allowCredentials(true);
+		CorsConfiguration config = this.registry.getCorsConfigurations().get("/foo");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins())
+				.as("Globally origins=\"*\" and allowCredentials=true should be possible")
+				.containsExactly("*");
+	}
+
 }

spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/CorsUrlHandlerMappingTests.java

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class CorsUrlHandlerMappingTests {
 	@Test
 	public void actualRequestWithGlobalPatternCorsConfig() throws Exception {
 		CorsConfiguration mappedConfig = new CorsConfiguration();
-		mappedConfig.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.domain2.com");
+		mappedConfig.addAllowedOriginPattern("https://*.domain2.com");
 		this.handlerMapping.setCorsConfigurations(Collections.singletonMap("/welcome.html", mappedConfig));
 
 		String origin = "https://example.domain2.com";
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ public class CorsUrlHandlerMappingTests {
 
 		assertThat(actual).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(actual).isSameAs(this.welcomeController);
-		assertThat(exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().getFirst(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN)).isEqualTo("https://example.domain2.com");
+		assertThat(exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().getFirst(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN))
+				.isEqualTo("https://example.domain2.com");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ public class CorsUrlHandlerMappingTests {
 		@Override
 		public CorsConfiguration getCorsConfiguration(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 			CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
-			config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
+			config.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 			config.setAllowCredentials(true);
 			return config;
 		}

spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/CrossOriginAnnotationIntegrationTests.java

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class CrossOriginAnnotationIntegrationTests extends AbstractRequestMappingIntegr
 		context.register(WebConfig.class);
 		Properties props = new Properties();
 		props.setProperty("myOrigin", "https://site1.com");
-		props.setProperty("myOriginPattern", ".*\\.com");
+		props.setProperty("myOriginPattern", "https://*.com");
 		context.getEnvironment().getPropertySources().addFirst(new PropertiesPropertySource("ps", props));
 		context.register(PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer.class);
 		context.refresh();
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class CrossOriginAnnotationIntegrationTests extends AbstractRequestMappingIntegr
 			return "placeholder";
 		}
 
-		@CrossOrigin(originPatterns = ".*\\.com")
+		@CrossOrigin(originPatterns = "https://*.com")
 		@GetMapping("/origin-pattern-value-attribute")
 		public String customOriginPatternDefinedViaValueAttribute() {
 			return "pattern-value-attribute";
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ class CrossOriginAnnotationIntegrationTests extends AbstractRequestMappingIntegr
 			return "bar";
 		}
 
-		@CrossOrigin(allowCredentials = "true")
+		@CrossOrigin(originPatterns = "*", allowCredentials = "true")
 		@GetMapping("/baz")
 		public String baz() {
 			return "baz";

spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/GlobalCorsConfigIntegrationTests.java

@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ class GlobalCorsConfigIntegrationTests extends AbstractRequestMappingIntegration
 		ResponseEntity<String> entity = performOptions("/ambiguous", this.headers, String.class);
 		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
 		assertThat(entity.getHeaders().getAccessControlAllowOrigin()).isEqualTo("http://localhost:9000");
-		assertThat(entity.getHeaders().getAccessControlAllowMethods())
-				.containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET);
+		assertThat(entity.getHeaders().getAccessControlAllowMethods()).containsExactly(HttpMethod.GET);
 		assertThat(entity.getHeaders().getAccessControlAllowCredentials()).isEqualTo(true);
 		assertThat(entity.getHeaders().get(HttpHeaders.VARY))
 				.containsExactly(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD,
@@ -177,12 +176,9 @@ class GlobalCorsConfigIntegrationTests extends AbstractRequestMappingIntegration
 
 		@Override
 		protected void addCorsMappings(CorsRegistry registry) {
-			registry.addMapping("/cors-restricted")
-					.allowedOrigins("https://foo")
-					.allowedMethods("GET", "POST");
+			registry.addMapping("/cors-restricted").allowedOrigins("https://foo").allowedMethods("GET", "POST");
 			registry.addMapping("/cors");
-			registry.addMapping("/ambiguous")
-					.allowedMethods("GET", "POST");
+			registry.addMapping("/ambiguous").allowedMethods("GET", "POST");
 		}
 	}
 

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/CorsBeanDefinitionParser.java

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public class CorsBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 					String[] allowedOrigins = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(mapping.getAttribute("allowed-origins"), ",");
 					config.setAllowedOrigins(Arrays.asList(allowedOrigins));
 				}
+				if (mapping.hasAttribute("allowed-origin-patterns")) {
+					String[] patterns = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(mapping.getAttribute("allowed-origin-patterns"), ",");
+					config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Arrays.asList(patterns));
+				}
 				if (mapping.hasAttribute("allowed-methods")) {
 					String[] allowedMethods = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(mapping.getAttribute("allowed-methods"), ",");
 					config.setAllowedMethods(Arrays.asList(allowedMethods));
@@ -78,7 +82,9 @@ public class CorsBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 				if (mapping.hasAttribute("max-age")) {
 					config.setMaxAge(Long.parseLong(mapping.getAttribute("max-age")));
 				}
-				corsConfigurations.put(mapping.getAttribute("path"), config.applyPermitDefaultValues());
+				config.applyPermitDefaultValues();
+				config.validateAllowCredentials();
+				corsConfigurations.put(mapping.getAttribute("path"), config);
 			}
 		}
 

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/CorsRegistration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
 
@@ -46,24 +47,27 @@ public class CorsRegistration {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * The list of allowed origins that be specific origins, e.g.
-	 * {@code "https://domain1.com"}, or {@code "*"} for all origins.
-	 * <p>A matched origin is listed in the {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin}
-	 * response header of preflight actual CORS requests.
-	 * <p>By default, all origins are allowed.
-	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> CORS checks use values from "Forwarded"
-	 * (<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7239">RFC 7239</a>),
-	 * "X-Forwarded-Host", "X-Forwarded-Port", and "X-Forwarded-Proto" headers,
-	 * if present, in order to reflect the client-originated address.
-	 * Consider using the {@code ForwardedHeaderFilter} in order to choose from a
-	 * central place whether to extract and use, or to discard such headers.
-	 * See the Spring Framework reference for more on this filter.
+	 * A list of origins for which cross-origin requests are allowed. Please,
+	 * see {@link CorsConfiguration#setAllowedOrigins(List)} for details.
+	 * <p>By default all origins are allowed unless {@code originPatterns} is
+	 * also set in which case {@code originPatterns} is used instead.
 	 */
 	public CorsRegistration allowedOrigins(String... origins) {
 		this.config.setAllowedOrigins(Arrays.asList(origins));
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Alternative to {@link #allowCredentials} that supports origins declared
+	 * via wildcard patterns. Please, see
+	 * @link CorsConfiguration#setAllowedOriginPatterns(List)} for details.
+	 * <p>By default this is not set.
+	 * @since 5.3
+	 */
+	public CorsRegistration allowedOriginPatterns(String... patterns) {
+		this.config.setAllowedOriginPatterns(Arrays.asList(patterns));
+		return this;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the HTTP methods to allow, e.g. {@code "GET"}, {@code "POST"}, etc.

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java

@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMapping extends WebApplicationObjectSupport
 				CorsConfiguration globalConfig = getCorsConfigurationSource().getCorsConfiguration(request);
 				config = (globalConfig != null ? globalConfig.combine(config) : config);
 			}
+			if (config != null) {
+				config.validateAllowCredentials();
+			}
 			executionChain = getCorsHandlerExecutionChain(request, executionChain, config);
 		}
 

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.java

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMethodMapping<T> extends AbstractHandlerMap
 	private static final CorsConfiguration ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG = new CorsConfiguration();
 
 	static {
-		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedOrigin("*");
+		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedMethod("*");
 		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.addAllowedHeader("*");
 		ALLOW_CORS_CONFIG.setAllowCredentials(true);
@@ -630,9 +630,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMethodMapping<T> extends AbstractHandlerMap
 					addMappingName(name, handlerMethod);
 				}
 
-				CorsConfiguration corsConfig = initCorsConfiguration(handler, method, mapping);
-				if (corsConfig != null) {
-					this.corsLookup.put(handlerMethod, corsConfig);
+				CorsConfiguration config = initCorsConfiguration(handler, method, mapping);
+				if (config != null) {
+					config.validateAllowCredentials();
+					this.corsLookup.put(handlerMethod, config);
 				}
 
 				this.registry.put(mapping, new MappingRegistration<>(mapping, handlerMethod, directUrls, name));

spring-webmvc/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc.xsd

@@ -1346,6 +1346,15 @@
 	Comma-separated list of origins to allow, e.g. "https://domain1.com, https://domain2.com".
 	The special value "*" allows all domains (default).
 
+	For matching pre-flight and actual requests the "Access-Control-Allow-Origin"
+	response header is set either to the matched domain value or to "*".
+	Keep in mind however that the CORS spec does not allow "*" when allow-credentials
+	is set to true and that is rejected as of 5.3. See allowed-origin-patterns for
+	further options.
+
+	By default all origins are allowed unless allowed-origin-patterns is also set
+	in which case allowed-origin-patterns is used instead.
+
 	Note that CORS checks use values from "Forwarded" (RFC 7239), "X-Forwarded-Host",
 	"X-Forwarded-Port", and "X-Forwarded-Proto" headers, if present, in order to reflect
 	the client-originated address. Consider using the ForwardedHeaderFilter in order to
@@ -1354,6 +1363,20 @@
 								]]></xsd:documentation>
 							</xsd:annotation>
 						</xsd:attribute>
+						<xsd:attribute name="allowed-origin-patterns" type="xsd:string">
+							<xsd:annotation>
+								<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	Alternative to allowed-origins that supports origins declared via patterns.
+	In contrast to allowed-origins which does support the special value "*", this
+	property allows more flexible patterns, e.g. "*.domain1.com". Furthermore it
+	always sets the "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" response header to the matched
+	origin and never to "*" nor to any other pattern and therefore can be used in
+	combination with allowCredentials set to true.
+
+	By default this is not set.
+								]]></xsd:documentation>
+							</xsd:annotation>
+						</xsd:attribute>
 						<xsd:attribute name="allowed-methods" type="xsd:string">
 							<xsd:annotation>
 								<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[

spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java

@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ public class MvcNamespaceTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testCors() throws Exception {
+	public void testCors() {
 		loadBeanDefinitions("mvc-config-cors.xml");
 
 		String[] beanNames = appContext.getBeanNamesForType(AbstractHandlerMapping.class);
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ public class MvcNamespaceTests {
 			CorsConfiguration config = configs.get("/api/**");
 			assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 			assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins().toArray()).isEqualTo(new String[]{"https://domain1.com", "https://domain2.com"});
+			assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns().toArray()).isEqualTo(new String[]{"http://*.domain.com"});
 			assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods().toArray()).isEqualTo(new String[]{"GET", "PUT"});
 			assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders().toArray()).isEqualTo(new String[]{"header1", "header2", "header3"});
 			assertThat(config.getExposedHeaders().toArray()).isEqualTo(new String[]{"header1", "header2"});

spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/CorsRegistryTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -61,11 +62,19 @@ public class CorsRegistryTests {
 		assertThat(configs.size()).isEqualTo(1);
 		CorsConfiguration config = configs.get("/foo");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("https://domain2.com", "https://domain2.com"));
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("DELETE"));
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("DELETE"));
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("header1", "header2"));
 		assertThat(config.getExposedHeaders()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList("header3", "header4"));
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isEqualTo(false);
 		assertThat(config.getMaxAge()).isEqualTo(Long.valueOf(3600));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void allowCredentials() {
+		this.registry.addMapping("/foo").allowCredentials(true);
+		CorsConfiguration config = this.registry.getCorsConfigurations().get("/foo");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins())
+				.as("Globally origins=\"*\" and allowCredentials=true should be possible")
+				.containsExactly("*");
+	}
 }

spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests.java

@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	@PathPatternsParameterizedTest
 	void actualRequestWithMappedPatternCorsConfiguration(TestHandlerMapping mapping) throws Exception {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
-		config.addAllowedOriginPattern(".*\\.domain2\\.com");
+		config.addAllowedOriginPattern("http://*.domain2.com");
 		mapping.setCorsConfigurations(Collections.singletonMap("/foo", config));
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = getCorsRequest("/foo");
 		HandlerExecutionChain chain = mapping.getHandler(request);
 
 		assertThat(chain).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(chain.getHandler()).isInstanceOf(SimpleHandler.class);
-		assertThat(mapping.getRequiredCorsConfig().getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly(".*\\.domain2\\.com");
+		assertThat(mapping.getRequiredCorsConfig().getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("http://*.domain2.com");
 	}
 
 	@PathPatternsParameterizedTest
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 
 		CorsConfiguration config = mapping.getRequiredCorsConfig();
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
 	}
 
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 
 		CorsConfiguration config = mapping.getRequiredCorsConfig();
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
 	}
 
@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 		@Override
 		public CorsConfiguration getCorsConfiguration(HttpServletRequest request) {
 			CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
-			config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
+			config.addAllowedOriginPattern("*");
 			config.setAllowCredentials(true);
 			return config;
 		}

spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/CrossOriginTests.java

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.ServletRequestPathUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalStateException;
 
 /**
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		StaticWebApplicationContext wac = new StaticWebApplicationContext();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
 		props.setProperty("myOrigin", "https://example.com");
-		props.setProperty("myDomainPattern", ".*\\.example\\.com");
+		props.setProperty("myDomainPattern", "http://*.example.com");
 		wac.getEnvironment().getPropertySources().addFirst(new PropertiesPropertySource("ps", props));
 		wac.registerSingleton("ppc", PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer.class);
 		wac.refresh();
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = getCorsConfiguration(chain, false);
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList(".*\\.example\\.com"));
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("http://*.example.com"));
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isNull();
 	}
 
@@ -218,16 +219,30 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = getCorsConfiguration(chain, false);
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList(".*\\.example\\.com"));
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("http://*.example.com"));
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isNull();
 	}
 
 	@PathPatternsParameterizedTest
 	void bogusAllowCredentialsValue(TestRequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping mapping) {
-		assertThatIllegalStateException().isThrownBy(() ->
-				mapping.registerHandler(new MethodLevelControllerWithBogusAllowCredentialsValue()))
-			.withMessageContaining("@CrossOrigin's allowCredentials")
-			.withMessageContaining("current value is [bogus]");
+		assertThatIllegalStateException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> mapping.registerHandler(new MethodLevelControllerWithBogusAllowCredentialsValue()))
+				.withMessageContaining("@CrossOrigin's allowCredentials")
+				.withMessageContaining("current value is [bogus]");
+	}
+
+	@PathPatternsParameterizedTest
+	void allowCredentialsWithDefaultOrigin(TestRequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping mapping) {
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> mapping.registerHandler(new CredentialsWithDefaultOriginController()))
+				.withMessageContaining("When allowCredentials is true, allowedOrigins cannot contain");
+	}
+
+	@PathPatternsParameterizedTest
+	void allowCredentialsWithWildcardOrigin(TestRequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping mapping) {
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> mapping.registerHandler(new CredentialsWithWildcardOriginController()))
+				.withMessageContaining("When allowCredentials is true, allowedOrigins cannot contain");
 	}
 
 	@PathPatternsParameterizedTest
@@ -255,7 +270,8 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		config = getCorsConfiguration(chain, false);
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("GET");
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
 	}
 
@@ -313,7 +329,8 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = getCorsConfiguration(chain, true);
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("*");
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
 		assertThat(CollectionUtils.isEmpty(config.getExposedHeaders())).isTrue();
@@ -330,7 +347,8 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		CorsConfiguration config = getCorsConfiguration(chain, true);
 		assertThat(config).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedMethods()).containsExactly("*");
-		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).containsExactly("*");
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOrigins()).isNull();
+		assertThat(config.getAllowedOriginPatterns()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowedHeaders()).containsExactly("*");
 		assertThat(config.getAllowCredentials()).isTrue();
 		assertThat(CollectionUtils.isEmpty(config.getExposedHeaders())).isTrue();
@@ -433,7 +451,7 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		public void customOriginDefinedViaPlaceholder() {
 		}
 
-		@CrossOrigin(originPatterns = ".*\\.example\\.com")
+		@CrossOrigin(originPatterns = "http://*.example.com")
 		@RequestMapping("/customOriginPattern")
 		public void customOriginPatternDefinedViaValueAttribute() {
 		}
@@ -469,11 +487,31 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		public void bar() {
 		}
 
-		@CrossOrigin(allowCredentials = "true")
+		@CrossOrigin(originPatterns = "*", allowCredentials = "true")
 		@RequestMapping(path = "/baz", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 		public void baz() {
 		}
+	}
 
+
+	@Controller
+	@CrossOrigin(allowCredentials = "true")
+	private static class CredentialsWithDefaultOriginController {
+
+		@GetMapping(path = "/no-origin")
+		public void noOrigin() {
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	@Controller
+	@CrossOrigin(allowCredentials = "true")
+	private static class CredentialsWithWildcardOriginController {
+
+		@GetMapping(path = "/no-origin")
+		@CrossOrigin(origins = "*")
+		public void wildcardOrigin() {
+		}
 	}
 
 
@@ -495,6 +533,8 @@ class CrossOriginTests {
 		@RequestMapping(path = "/foo", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 		public void foo() {
 		}
+
+
 	}
 
 

spring-webmvc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/mvc-config-cors.xml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 	<mvc:cors>
 
 		<mvc:mapping path="/api/**" allowed-origins="https://domain1.com, https://domain2.com"
+					 allowed-origin-patterns="http://*.domain.com"
 					 allowed-methods="GET, PUT" allowed-headers="header1, header2, header3"
 					 exposed-headers="header1, header2" allow-credentials="false" max-age="123" />
 

src/docs/asciidoc/web/webflux-cors.adoc

@@ -128,10 +128,11 @@ By default, `@CrossOrigin` allows:
 * All headers.
 * All HTTP methods to which the controller method is mapped.
 
-
-`allowedCredentials` is not enabled by default, since that establishes a trust level
+`allowCredentials` is not enabled by default, since that establishes a trust level
 that exposes sensitive user-specific information (such as cookies and CSRF tokens) and
-should be used only where appropriate.
+should be used only where appropriate. When it is enabled either `allowOrigins` must be
+set to one or more specific domain (but not the special value `"*"`) or alternatively
+the `allowOriginPatterns` property may be used to match to a dynamic set of origins.
 
 `maxAge` is set to 30 minutes.
 
@@ -245,7 +246,9 @@ By default global configuration enables the following:
 
 `allowedCredentials` is not enabled by default, since that establishes a trust level
 that exposes sensitive user-specific information( such as cookies and CSRF tokens) and
-should be used only where appropriate.
+should be used only where appropriate. When it is enabled either `allowOrigins` must be
+set to one or more specific domain (but not the special value `"*"`) or alternatively
+the `allowOriginPatterns` property may be used to match to a dynamic set of origins.
 
 `maxAge` is set to 30 minutes.
 

src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc-cors.adoc

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class- or method-level `@CrossOrigin` annotations (other handlers can implement
 
 The rules for combining global and local configuration are generally additive -- for example,
 all global and all local origins. For those attributes where only a single value can be
-accepted (such as `allowCredentials` and `maxAge`), the local overrides the global value. See
+accepted, e.g. `allowCredentials` and `maxAge`, the local overrides the global value. See
 {api-spring-framework}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine-org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration-[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
 for more details.
 
@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ By default, `@CrossOrigin` allows:
 * All headers.
 * All HTTP methods to which the controller method is mapped.
 
-`allowedCredentials` is not enabled by default, since that establishes a trust level
+`allowCredentials` is not enabled by default, since that establishes a trust level
 that exposes sensitive user-specific information (such as cookies and CSRF tokens) and
-should only be used where appropriate.
+should only be used where appropriate. When it is enabled either `allowOrigins` must be
+set to one or more specific domain (but not the special value `"*"`) or alternatively
+the `allowOriginPatterns` property may be used to match to a dynamic set of origins.
 
 `maxAge` is set to 30 minutes.
 
@@ -238,9 +240,11 @@ By default, global configuration enables the following:
 * `GET`, `HEAD`, and `POST` methods.
 
 
-`allowedCredentials` is not enabled by default, since that establishes a trust level
+`allowCredentials` is not enabled by default, since that establishes a trust level
 that exposes sensitive user-specific information (such as cookies and CSRF tokens) and
-should only be used where appropriate.
+should only be used where appropriate. When it is enabled either `allowOrigins` must be
+set to one or more specific domain (but not the special value `"*"`) or alternatively
+the `allowOriginPatterns` property may be used to match to a dynamic set of origins.
 
 `maxAge` is set to 30 minutes.