GHSA-gv8p-48fr-4fxg
MEDIUMShopware: Privilege Escalation via Sync API Integration Admin Flag Bypass
Blast Radius
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Description
Summary
A non-admin API user with integration:create ACL privilege can escalate to full administrator by creating an integration with admin: true through the Sync API (POST /api/_action/sync). The regular integration endpoint (POST /api/integration) correctly blocks this, but the Sync API bypasses the controller-level check by writing directly through the DAL EntityWriter. The integration entity definition lacks WriteProtection, and the admin field has no field-level restriction flag.
OWASP: A01:2021 — Broken Access Control
Root Cause
IntegrationController::upsertIntegration() checks $source->isAdmin() before allowing the admin field to be set. However, SyncController::sync() routes writes through SyncService → EntityWriter, which only applies:
AclWriteValidator— checks entity-level ACL (integration:createis sufficient)EntityProtectionValidator— checksWriteProtectionon entity definitions, butIntegrationDefinitionhas none
The admin field in IntegrationDefinition is a plain BoolField with no WriteProtection or special flag. The Sync API writes it without restriction.
Vulnerable code path:
src/Core/Framework/Api/Controller/SyncController.php→SyncService→EntityWriter::upsert()- Missing protection:
src/Core/Framework/Integration/IntegrationDefinition.php—adminfield has noWriteProtection(Context::SYSTEM_SCOPE)
Working protection (bypassed):
src/Core/Framework/Integration/IntegrationController.php:46-56—isAdmin()check only applies to the dedicated controller endpoint
Impact
- Complete admin API access — the escalated integration has full read/write on every entity: users, customers, orders, system configuration, integrations, plugins
- PII exfiltration — read all customer records (names, emails, addresses, order history)
- Persistent backdoor — the admin integration survives password changes and user deactivation
Remediation
Add WriteProtection(Context::SYSTEM_SCOPE) to IntegrationDefinition, matching how UserDefinition and AclRoleDefinition are already protected:
// src/Core/Framework/Integration/IntegrationDefinition.php
(new BoolField('admin', 'admin'))
->addFlags(new WriteProtection(Context::SYSTEM_SCOPE)),
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | shopware/platform | ≥ 6.7.0.0&&< 6.7.10.1 | 6.7.10.1 |
| 🐘Packagist | shopware/platform | all versions | 6.6.10.18 |
| 🐘Packagist | shopware/core | ≥ 6.7.0.0&&< 6.7.10.1 | 6.7.10.1 |
| 🐘Packagist | shopware/core | all versions | 6.6.10.18 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for shopware/platform. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update shopware/platform to 6.7.10.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-gv8p-48fr-4fxg is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-gv8p-48fr-4fxg is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-gv8p-48fr-4fxg. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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