social-auth-core has Login CSRF via Missing State Parameter in LoginRadius Backend

Impact

The LoginRadius backend did not validate OAuth state during the authentication flow.

Applications using this backend were vulnerable to login CSRF. An attacker could cause a victim's browser session to complete authentication using an attacker-controlled LoginRadius token, making the victim authenticated as the attacker's LoginRadius identity.

The issue affects only applications using the LoginRadius backend.

Patches

The issue has been fixed by enabling callback state validation for the LoginRadius backend.

Users should upgrade to a patched version.

Fix:

• https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/pull/1808

Workarounds

Applications that cannot upgrade immediately should disable the LoginRadius backend by removing it from SOCIAL_AUTH_AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.

There is no complete workaround while continuing to use the vulnerable backend.

Credits

Reported through GitHub private vulnerability reporting by Liyi Zhou, Ziyue Wang, Strick, Maurice, and Chenchen Yu from the University of Sydney security research team.

Reporter references:

• https://lzhou1110.github.io/
• https://zyy0530.github.io/
• https://str1ckl4nd.github.io/
• https://maurice.busystar.org/
• https://7thparkk.github.io/