Issue 4327 - Prevent filters with no hostname from blocking documents

lib/abp2blocklist.js

Index: lib/abp2blocklist.js
===================================================================
--- a/lib/abp2blocklist.js
+++ b/lib/abp2blocklist.js
@@ -271,20 +271,32 @@
 
   parseDomains(filter.domains, included, excluded);
 
   if (exceptionDomains)
     excluded = excluded.concat(exceptionDomains);
 
   if (withResourceTypes)
   {
-    trigger["resource-type"] = getResourceTypes(filter);
+    let resourceTypes = getResourceTypes(filter);
 
-    if (trigger["resource-type"].length == 0)
+    // Content blocker rules can't differentiate between sub-document requests
+    // (iframes) and top-level document requests. To avoid too many false
+    // positives, we prevent rules with no hostname part from blocking document
+    // requests.
+    //
+    // Once Safari 11 becomes our minimum supported version, we could change
+    // our approach here to use the new "unless-top-url" property instead.
+    if (filter instanceof filterClasses.BlockingFilter && !parsed.hostname)
+      resourceTypes = resourceTypes.filter(type => type != "document");
+
+    if (resourceTypes.length == 0)
       return;
+
+    trigger["resource-type"] = resourceTypes;
   }
 
   if (filter.thirdParty != null)
     trigger["load-type"] = [filter.thirdParty ? "third-party" : "first-party"];
 
   if (included.length > 0)
   {
     trigger["if-domain"] = [];
@@ -310,18 +322,25 @@
       }
     }
   }
   else if (excluded.length > 0)
   {
     trigger["unless-domain"] = excluded.map(name => "*" + name);
   }
   else if (filter instanceof filterClasses.BlockingFilter &&
-           filter.contentType & typeMap.SUBDOCUMENT)
+           filter.contentType & typeMap.SUBDOCUMENT && parsed.hostname)
   {
+    // Rules with a hostname part are still allowed to block document requests,
+    // but we add an exception for top-level documents.
+    //
+    // Note that we can only do this if there's no "unless-domain" property for
+    // now. This also only works in Safari 11 onwards, while older versions
+    // simply ignore this property. Once Safari 11 becomes our minimum
+    // supported version, we can merge "unless-domain" into "unless-top-url".
     trigger["unless-top-url"] = [trigger["url-filter"]];
     if (trigger["url-filter-is-case-sensitive"])
       trigger["top-url-filter-is-case-sensitive"] = true;
   }
 
   rules.push({trigger: trigger, action: {type: action}});
 }