Impact
- In the web interface for server settings, form elements were generated with Discord channel IDs as part of input names.
- Prior to commit a947d7c, no validation was performed to ensure that the channel IDs submitted actually belonged to the server being configured. Thus anyone who has access to a) the channel ID they wish to change settings for and b) the server settings panel for any server could change settings for the requested channel no matter which server it belonged to.
- Impact: A fix has already been deployed. Thus this only affects people who have forked the repository and are running their own instance of the bot.
Patches
Commit a947d7c resolves the issue and has been deployed to the official instance of the bot.
Workarounds
The only workaround that exists is to disable the web config entirely by changing it to run on localhost.
Note that a workaround is only necessary for those who run their own instance of the bot.
References
- The commit that fixes the issue: a947d7c
Impact
Patches
Commit a947d7c resolves the issue and has been deployed to the official instance of the bot.
Workarounds
The only workaround that exists is to disable the web config entirely by changing it to run on localhost.
Note that a workaround is only necessary for those who run their own instance of the bot.
References