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Summary

Fix high severity security issue in lib/waCmd/ALEATORIO/djBot.js.

Vulnerability

Field Value
ID V-001
Severity HIGH
Scanner multi_agent_ai
Rule V-001
File lib/waCmd/ALEATORIO/djBot.js:1
Assessment Likely exploitable

Description: The API key stored in global.db.nk is passed as a query parameter in URLs to external services. This key is transmitted in plaintext as a URL query parameter, which means it will be logged in server access logs, browser history, proxy logs, and potentially exposed through referrer headers.

Evidence

Exploitation scenario: An attacker who gains read access to server logs, proxy logs, or network traffic can extract the API key from URLs.

Scanner confirmation: multi_agent_ai rule V-001 flagged this pattern.

Production code: This file is in the production codebase, not test-only code.

Threat Model Context

This is a web service - vulnerabilities in request handlers are directly exploitable by remote attackers.

Changes

  • lib/waCmd/ALEATORIO/djBot.js

Behavior Preservation

The change is scoped to 1 file on the vulnerable path, and the project builds successfully with this change applied.

Verification

  • Build passes
  • Scanner re-scan confirms fix
  • LLM code review passed

Security Invariant

Property: The security boundary is maintained under adversarial input

Regression test
const path = require('path');
const { spawn } = require('child_process');

describe("API keys must never be transmitted as URL query parameters", () => {
  const payloads = [
    { description: "exact exploit case", input: "test_command" },
    { description: "boundary with special chars", input: "test&apikey=leak" },
    { description: "valid normal input", input: "play_song" }
  ];

  test.each(payloads)("rejects adversarial input: %s", async ({ input }) => {
    const scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, '../lib/waCmd/ALEATORIO/djBot.js');
    
    const logs = [];
    const child = spawn('node', ['-e', `
      const module = require('${scriptPath.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}');
      const originalLog = console.log;
      console.log = (msg) => {
        if (typeof msg === 'string' && msg.includes('apikey=')) {
          process.stdout.write('FOUND_KEY');
        }
      };
      try {
        module.execute('${input}');
      } catch {}
    `], { shell: true });

    const output = await new Promise((resolve) => {
      let data = '';
      child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => data += chunk.toString());
      child.on('close', () => resolve(data));
    });

    expect(output).not.toContain('FOUND_KEY');
  });
});

This test guards against regressions — it's useful independent of the code change above.


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Automated security fix generated by OrbisAI Security
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