GHSA-6fx5-5cw5-4897
Craft CMS Race condition in Token Service potentially allows for token usage greater than the token limit
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | craftcms/cms | >= 4.5.0-RC1, < 4.16.19 | 4.16.19 |
| Packagist | craftcms/cms | >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.8.23 | 5.8.23 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
A Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in Craft CMS’s token validation service for tokens that explicitly set a limited usage. The `getTokenRoute()` method reads a token’s usage count, checks if it’s within limits, then updates the database in separate non-atomic operations. By sending concurrent requests, an attacker can use a single-use impersonation token multiple times before the database update completes.
To make this work, an attacker needs to obtain a valid user account impersonation URL with a non-expired token via some other means and exploit a race condition while bypassing any rate-limiting rules in place.
For this to be a privilege escalation, the impersonation URL must include a token for a user account with more permissions than the current user.
## References
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/3e4afe18279951c024c64896aa2b93cda6d95fdf
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.