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Broken Object Level Authorization - Vehicle - Location Tracking (Unauthenticated)

Broken Object Level Authorization — Vehicle — Location Tracking (Unauthenticated)

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function (tested, not vulnerable on this path) · OWASP API1:2023 - Broken Object Level Authorization (negative test - unauthenticated path)

Vulnerability

[PASS] Broken Object Level Authorization - Vehicle - Location Tracking (Unauthenticated)

Description

Tested access to the vehicle location endpoint without any authentication.

Impact

No impact: the server requires authentication and rejects the request (401).

CWE

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function (tested, not vulnerable on this path)

OWASP

API1:2023 - Broken Object Level Authorization (negative test - unauthenticated path)

Scenario

Normal: access your own location with a token -> 200. Exploitation: remove the token -> 401. PASS (authentication control holds).

Endpoint

GET http://127.0.0.1:8888/identity/api/v2/vehicle/{vehicleId}/location

Affected feature

Vehicle Location Tracking (crapi-identity)

Remediation

Keep the authentication requirement; additionally add object ownership verification (see the related [FAIL] finding).

Proof of concept

  1. (Screenshot 1) NORMAL: GET /identity/api/v2/vehicle/9b3ce26b-d797-404b-a961-09d7e45e0d1b/location for your own vehicle with a token -> 200.
  2. (Screenshot 2) EXPLOITATION: resend WITHOUT the Authorization header -> 401 (authentication control holds).

The complete record

LAB All targets are lab systems. Nothing here is a client engagement. Evidence is shown as recorded; secrets are blacked out.

Normal: own vehicle location (authenticated)

Normal flow: accessing the location of your own vehicle with a valid token returns 200.

HTTP request
GET /identity/api/v2/vehicle/9b3ce26b-d797-404b-a961-09d7e45e0d1b/location HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:8888
Authorization: Bearer [REDACTED-LAB-TOKEN]
HTTP response
HTTP/1.1 200
Server: openresty/1.27.1.2
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 177

{
  "carId": "9b3ce26b-d797-404b-a961-09d7e45e0d1b",
  "vehicleLocation": {
    "id": 4,
    "latitude": "38.206348",
    "longitude": "-84.270172"
  },
  "fullName": "Muhammad Faqih",
  "email": "[REDACTED-EMAIL]"
}
Normal: own vehicle location (authenticated)

Result: access without a token rejected (PASS)

Result (PASS): access without a token returns 401. Authentication held in this test, but BOLA is still possible with another user's token; see [FAIL].

HTTP request
GET /identity/api/v2/vehicle/9b3ce26b-d797-404b-a961-09d7e45e0d1b/location HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:8888
Accept: application/json

# HEADER Authorization SENGAJA DIHAPUS
HTTP response
HTTP/1.1 401
Server: openresty/1.27.1.2
Content-Type: application/json;charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Length: 49

CRAPIResponse(message=Invalid Token, status=401)
Result: access without a token rejected (PASS)

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