From 87fe4701cd2e84c70c080eade1c2a0f1ffa3c6d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: canyonknight Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:54:29 -0500 Subject: Fix account editing and hijacking vulnerability Checks are in place to avoid users getting account editing forms they shouldn't have access to. The appropriate checks before editing the account in the backend are not in place. This vulnerability allows a user to craft malicious POST data to edit other user accounts, thereby allowing account hijacking. Add a new flexible function can_edit_account() to determine if a user has appropriate permissions. Run the permission check before processing any account information in the backend. Signed-off-by: canyonknight Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer --- web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) (limited to 'web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php') diff --git a/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php b/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php index 3fd23ae..81e06b6 100644 --- a/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php +++ b/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php @@ -1015,3 +1015,32 @@ function cast_proposal_vote($voteid, $uid, $vote, $newtotal, $dbh=NULL) { $q = "INSERT INTO TU_Votes (VoteID, UserID) VALUES (" . intval($voteid) . ", " . intval($uid) . ")"; $result = $dbh->exec($q); } + +/** + * Verify a user has the proper permissions to edit an account + * + * @param string $atype Account type of the editing user + * @param array $acctinfo User account information for edited account + * @param int $uid User ID of the editing user + * + * @return bool True if permission to edit the account, otherwise false + */ +function can_edit_account($atype, $acctinfo, $uid) { + /* Developers can edit any account */ + if ($atype == 'Developer') { + return true; + } + + /* Trusted Users can edit all accounts except Developer accounts */ + if ($atype == 'Trusted User' && + $acctinfo['AccountType'] != 'Developer') { + return true; + } + + /* Users can edit only their own account */ + if ($acctinfo['ID'] == $uid) { + return true; + } + + return false; +} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2