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GHSA-2jx3-65f3-xr8r spomky-labs/otphp: Mass-assignment in Factory::loadFromProvisioningUri lets a hostile provisioning URI corrupt OTP state or leak an uncaught TypeError
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- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- spomky-labs/otphp
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-915
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-18
Affected packages
• Packagist spomky-labs/otphp: < 11.4.3 → fixed in 11.4.3
Description
Summary
`OTPHP\Factory::loadFromProvisioningUri()` parses an attacker-supplied `otpauth://` URI and forwards every query key to `OTP::setParameter($key, $value)`. `setParameter()` resolves the name with `property_exists($this, $parameter)` and performs a dynamic write `$this->{$parameter} = $value` (`src/OTP.php:196-197`). Because the query keys are entirely controlled by whoever produced the URI, a URI can target the internal properties of the OTP object that are not meant to be set from a URI: `parameters`, `issuer`, `label`, `issuer_included_as_parameter`, and (on TOTP) the readonly `clock`. This is an instance of object property mass-assignment (CWE-915).
Impact
The `Factory` is documented as the entry point for third-party provisioning URIs (e.g. QR codes from Microsoft 365 / Google Authenticator). An application that loads such a URI is exposed to:
• State corruption. A URI such as `otpauth://totp/Alice?secret=JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP¶meters[foo]=bar` overwrites the whole internal `$parameters` array that `createFromSecret()` primed (`period`, `algorithm`, `digits`, `epoch`). The resulting object is silently unusable: `getProvisioningUri()`, `getDigits()`, `at()`, `verify()` then throw `ParameterNotFoundException`.
• Uncaught TypeError escaping the documented exception type. A URI such as `otpauth://totp/Alice?secret=JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP&issuer_included_as_parameter=notabool` assigns a string to a typed `bool` property and raises a `TypeError`. The `try/catch` in `loadFromProvisioningUri()` only wraps `Url::fromString()`; `createOTP()` and `populateOTP()` run outside it, so the `TypeError` (and `Error` on the readonly `clock`) escapes past the documented `InvalidProvisioningUriException`, breaking callers that catch only the documented type.
• Label/issuer validation bypass. `parameters[label]=hijacked` stores a label into the parameters array without running the `label` validation callback (keyed on `label`, not `parameters`). `getLabel()` and `getParameter('label')` then disagree — a confused-deputy risk.
Affected component
• `src/OTP.php:187-201` — `setParameter()` dynamic property write
• `src/Factory.php:50-55` — `populateParameters()` forwarding all query keys
Proof of concept
```php
use OTPHP\Factory;
// State corruption
$otp = Factory::loadFromProvisioningUri(
'otpauth://totp/Alice?secret=JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP¶meters[foo]=bar',
$clock
);
$otp->getProvisioningUri(); // ParameterNotFoundException: Parameter "period" does not exist
// Uncaught TypeError
Factory::loadFromProvisioningUri(
'otpauth://totp/Alice?secret=JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP&issuer_included_as_parameter=notabool',
$clock
); // TypeError escapes InvalidProvisioningUriException
```
Remediation
Restrict the keys accepted from a provisioning URI to a known allow-list of public OTP parameters, and never let a URI key resolve to an internal object property via `property_exists`. Route all URI-sourced values through the validated parameter map only.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-915 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes weakness