closes #6166

src/plugins/hooks.js

@@ -82,20 +82,23 @@ module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 
 		var hookList = Plugins.loadedHooks[hook];
 		var hookType = hook.split(':')[0];
-
+		try {
-		switch (hookType) {
+			switch (hookType) {
-		case 'filter':
+			case 'filter':
-			fireFilterHook(hook, hookList, params, callback);
+				fireFilterHook(hook, hookList, params, callback);
-			break;
+				break;
-		case 'action':
+			case 'action':
-			fireActionHook(hook, hookList, params, callback);
+				fireActionHook(hook, hookList, params, callback);
-			break;
+				break;
-		case 'static':
+			case 'static':
-			fireStaticHook(hook, hookList, params, callback);
+				fireStaticHook(hook, hookList, params, callback);
-			break;
+				break;
-		default:
+			default:
-			winston.warn('[plugins] Unknown hookType: ' + hookType + ', hook : ' + hook);
+				winston.warn('[plugins] Unknown hookType: ' + hookType + ', hook : ' + hook);
-			break;
+				break;
+			}
+		} catch (err) {
+			callback(err);
 		}
 	};
 

test/plugins.js

@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@ describe('Plugins', function () {
 		});
 	});
 
+	it('should not crash if there is an exception in a hook', function (done) {
+		function filterMethod(data, callback) {
+			var crash;
+			crash.a = 5;
+			callback(null, data);
+		}
+
+
+			assert(err);
+			assert.equal(err.message, 'Cannot set property \'a\' of undefined');
+			done();
+		});
+	});
+
 	it('should get plugin data from nbbpm', function (done) {
 		plugins.get('nodebb-plugin-markdown', function (err, data) {
 			assert.ifError(err);