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Kimai Leaks API Token Hash in Invoice Templates

published 6 months ago
Summary

Sensitive API token hashes may be exposed in invoice templates created by admins on OnPremise installations with template upload enabled. This allows an attacker to obtain hashed API passwords of users who use those templates to generate invoices. To fix this, update your Kimai installation to the latest version.

What to do
  • Update kimai kimai/kimai to version 2.53.0.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Packagist kimai kimai/kimai < 2.53.0
Fix: upgrade to 2.53.0
Original advisory text
Kimai leaks API Token Hash via Invoice Twig Template
## Summary

The Twig sandbox used for invoice templates blocks certain sensitive `User` methods (password, TOTP secret, etc.) via a blocklist in `StrictPolicy::checkMethodAllowed()`. However, `getApiToken()` and `getPlainApiToken()` are not on the blocklist. An admin who creates an invoice template can embed calls to these methods, causing the bcrypt or sodium hashed API password of any user who generates an invoice using that template to be included in the rendered output.

Only relevant for OnPremise installations with template upload activated.

## Background

Kimai allows admins (`ROLE_ADMIN` and above) with the `manage_invoice_template` permission to create Twig-based invoice templates. These templates are rendered in a sandboxed Twig environment with `StrictPolicy` controlling which methods and properties are accessible.

`StrictPolicy` explicitly blocks:

```php
// src/Twig/SecurityPolicy/StrictPolicy.php:156
if (\in_array($lcm, [
'getpassword',
'gettotpsecret',
'getplainpassword',
'getconfirmationtoken',
'gettotpauthenticationconfiguration'
], true)) {
throw new SecurityNotAllowedMethodError(...);
}
```

`getApiToken()` and `getPlainApiToken()` are **not** in this list and are freely callable.

## Vulnerable Code

`StrictPolicy.php` — missing entries in the User method blocklist:

```php
// Current
['getpassword', 'gettotpsecret', 'getplainpassword', 'getconfirmationtoken', 'gettotpauthenticationconfiguration']

// Should also include:
'getapitoken', 'getplainapitoken'
```

The invoice model passes a `User` object through `model.user`, accessible in any twig invoice template.

## Steps to Reproduce

1. Log in as an admin with the `manage_invoice_template` permission.
2. Create a new Twig invoice template (HTML or PDF) containing:

```twig
API Token: {{ model.user.getApiToken() }}
Plain Token: {{ model.user.getPlainApiToken() }}
```

3. Save the template and set it as the default for a customer.
4. Log in as a regular user assigned to that customer and generate an invoice.
5. Observe that the rendered invoice contains the user's API token in plaintext.

## Impact

An admin can silently embed token-exfiltration code in a shared invoice template. Every user who subsequently generates an invoice using that template will have their hashed API token leaked into the invoice output.

- API passwords are [deprecated since April 2024](https://www.kimai.org/en/changelog/2024/cloud-update-104) and not in wide use anymore (especially by new users)
- The function `getPlainApiToken()` does NEVER return any data
- The function `getApiToken()` might return a bcrypt or sodium hashed API password, if the user (who created the invoice) has configured one - this cannot be used, but needs to be cracked using rainbow tables
- The cloud does not allow Twig template upload, this is only relevant for OnPremise installations with template upload activated

## Fix

The SecurityPolicy was changed to exclude methods that contains certain trigger words instead of using the hard-coded list, see https://github.com/kimai/kimai/pull/5878

This disables access to both the `getApiToken()` and `getPlainApiToken()` function.
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
2.0 Low
Type
CWE-184Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
Timeline
Published14 Apr 2026
Updated14 Apr 2026
First seen14 Apr 2026
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