Medium

spomky-labs/otphp: Mass-assignment in Factory::loadFromProvisioningUri lets a hostile provisioning URI corrupt OTP state or leak an uncaught TypeError

  • Disclosed: 18.06.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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&parameters[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&parameters[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.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package spomky-labs/otphp < 11.4.3 11.4.3

References

CVSS score -
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
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-915
Platform
Composer
Package
spomky-labs/otphp
Disclosed
18.06.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2jx3-65f3-xr8r - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: spomky-labs/otphp

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
06.2026 06.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 2
  1. spomky-labs/otphp: Mass-assignment in Factory::loadFromProvisioningUri lets a hostile provisioning URI corrupt OTP state or leak an uncaught TypeError this entry
    Medium ghsa-2jx3-65f3-xr8r < 11.4.3 11.4.3

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