Between September 26, 2021 and October 8, 2021, Radically Open Security conducted a penetration test of OnionShare 2.4, funded by the Open Technology Fund's Red Team lab. This is an issue from that penetration test.
- Vulnerability ID: OTF-009
- Vulnerability type: Improper Access Control
- Threat level: Low
Description:
Authenticated users (or unauthenticated in public mode) can send messages without being visible in the list of chat participants.
Technical description:
Prerequisites:
- Existing chatroom
- Access to the chatroom (Public or known Private Key)
- Either a modified frontend client or manual requests from burp/curl
If a user opens the chatroom without emitting the join message he will not be present in session.users[x] list. Therefore there is no listing in the frontend and no chat participant knows another party joined the chat. It is still possible to send messages in the chatroom.
If a user decides to abuse OTF-003 (page 22) he can impersonate messages from existing users; others would not be able to distinguish original and faked messages. This is also a prerequisite for OTF-004 (page 19).
Impact:
An adversary with access to the chat environment can send messages to the chat without being visible in the list of chat participants.
Recommendation:
- Allow chat access only after emission of the join event.
- Implement proper session handling.
References
Between September 26, 2021 and October 8, 2021, Radically Open Security conducted a penetration test of OnionShare 2.4, funded by the Open Technology Fund's Red Team lab. This is an issue from that penetration test.
Description:
Authenticated users (or unauthenticated in public mode) can send messages without being visible in the list of chat participants.
Technical description:
Prerequisites:
If a user opens the chatroom without emitting the join message he will not be present in session.users[x] list. Therefore there is no listing in the frontend and no chat participant knows another party joined the chat. It is still possible to send messages in the chatroom.
If a user decides to abuse OTF-003 (page 22) he can impersonate messages from existing users; others would not be able to distinguish original and faked messages. This is also a prerequisite for OTF-004 (page 19).
Impact:
An adversary with access to the chat environment can send messages to the chat without being visible in the list of chat participants.
Recommendation:
References