gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt is vulnerable to improper access control, allowing unauthorized access to the config.json file. This vulnerability is present in both authenticated and unauthenticated versions of the application, enabling attackers to obtain sensitive information such as API keys (openai_api_key, google_palm_api_key, xmchat_api_key, etc.), configuration details, and user credentials. The issue stems from the applications handling of HTTP requests for the config.json file, which does not properly restrict access based on user authentication.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: