[HOLD for payment 2024-04-05] [$500] Anonymous user can access the settings page

[m-natarajan]

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Version Number: 1.4.50-5
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @trjExpensify
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1710244751238109

Action Performed:

1. As a member of a public room type a bunch of settings page URLs in a public room. E.g https://staging.new.expensify.com/settings/profile, https://staging.new.expensify.com/settings/wallet, https://staging.new.expensify.com/settings/preferences, https://staging.new.expensify.com/settings/security
2. Sign-out of any instance of Expensify you have on that device
3. Enter the URL of the public room containing those links (e.g https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/xxxxxxxxxxxx)
4. Click on the links to the settings pages as an anonymous user in the chat
5. Observe you can access the settings pages

Expected Result:

The sign-in prompt should appear in the RHP just like clicking the "settings" bottom tab or search icon.

Actual Result:

The pages are accessible via the deep links.

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Add any screenshot/video evidence

Recording.2848.mp4

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• Upwork Job ID: 1768801922139336704
• Last Price Increase: 2024-03-16

Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @mkhutornyi

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @alexpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[mkhutornyi]

As a bug reporter, can I take this as C+ as I already have context?

[allgandalf]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Anonymous user can access the settings page

What is the root cause of that problem?

We do not check if the user is Anonymous in InitialSettingsPage.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Add a check such that if user is not signed in then call signOutAndRedirectToSignIn from Session

            if (Session.isAnonymousUser() ) {
                Navigation.isNavigationReady().then(() => {
                    Session.signOutAndRedirectToSignIn();
                });
            }
            

Put the above check inside the useEffect:

App/src/pages/settings/InitialSettingsPage.tsx

Lines 104 to 106 in c05ce47

	useEffect(() => {
	Wallet.openInitialSettingsPage();
	}, []);

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[alexpensify]

@puneetlath would your accountID-based project cover this one? If no, then I'll pitch it to the vsb room. Thanks for checking!

[bernhardoj]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Anonymous user can access restricted page such as settings page by clicking the link from the chat.

What is the root cause of that problem?

We don't prevent the user to directly navigate to a page from a link in the chat.

App/src/libs/actions/Link.ts

Lines 102 to 107 in 91d7eb2

	// If we are handling a New Expensify link then we will assume this should be opened by the app internally. This ensures that the links are opened internally via react-navigation
	// instead of in a new tab or with a page refresh (which is the default behavior of an anchor tag)
	if (internalNewExpensifyPath && hasSameOrigin) {
	Navigation.navigate(internalNewExpensifyPath as Route);
	return;
	}

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We can check if it's a page that is accessible for anonymous user only. If it's not accesible, we redirect the user to the sign in modal.

if (Session.isAnonymousUser() && !Session.canAnonymousUserAccessRoute(internalNewExpensifyPath)) {
    Session.signOutAndRedirectToSignIn()
    return;
}
Navigation.navigate(internalNewExpensifyPath as Route);

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

We can do the anonymous check inside Navigation.navigate, but this would require more changes as there would be cyclic dependency between Session and Navigation.

[DylanDylann]

This is dupe of #25482

[trjExpensify]

As a #37421 (comment), can I take this as C+ as I already have context?

Yep makes sense!

This is dupe of #25482

I don't think it's strictly a dupe per se. That's about a task title/description, whereas this is about settings pages -- importantly here, things like starting the Plaid flow to enable the wallet is possible. I agree both are valid though and we should prompt for sign-in.

@youssef-lr coming from that other issue, I think we fix this, so we close this loop on being able to start that enable wallet flow without being signed-in. (Check the OP vid here for that).

[mkhutornyi]

I agree with @bernhardoj's proposal.
As a general solution, it fixes both issues at once.

[DylanDylann]

I think we should reopen the previous issue because there are some pending proposals

[mkhutornyi]

Oh it looks like @DylanDylann proposed same solution in the past.
So to be fair, I think we should assign @DylanDylann in either issue.

[alexpensify]

I'm double-checking with the team on the assignment plan and confirming if we should run with this GH or open the dupe. I should have an update by tomorrow. Thanks!

[puneetlath]

@alexpensify no my changes are related to mentions, which it doesn't seem like this issue is related to.

[alexpensify]

Cool, thanks for confirming!

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~012cb619021a94beb4

[melvin-bot]

Current assignees @mkhutornyi and @DylanDylann are eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.

[alexpensify]

Ok, instead of opening the other GH, I chatted with the team and let's work here. @mkhutornyi let's go with @DylanDylann's proposal. Next week, I'll figure out the wave or VIP for this one.

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.4.57-5 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• fix: annonymous user can open setting #38503

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-04-05. 🎊

For reference, here are some details about the assignees on this issue:

• @mkhutornyi requires payment (Needs manual offer from BZ)
• @DylanDylann requires payment (Needs manual offer from BZ)

[melvin-bot]

BugZero Checklist: The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed:

• [@DylanDylann] The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR:
• [@DylanDylann] The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment:
• [@DylanDylann] A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion:
• [@DylanDylann] Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug.
• [@DylanDylann] If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again.
• [@alexpensify] Link the GH issue for creating/updating the regression test once above steps have been agreed upon:

[alexpensify]

Tomorrow, I will prepare the payment summary but please accept the invites here:

https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~012cb619021a94beb4

@DylanDylann and @mkhutornyi -- Thanks!

[melvin-bot]

Payment Summary

Upwork Job

• ROLE: @mkhutornyi paid $(500) via Upwork (LINK)
• ROLE: @DylanDylann paid $(500) via Upwork (LINK)

BugZero Checklist (@alexpensify)

• I have verified the correct assignees and roles are listed above and updated the neccesary manual offers
• I have verified that there are no duplicate or incorrect contracts on Upwork for this job (https://www.upwork.com/ab/applicants/1768801922139336704/hired)
• I have paid out the Upwork contracts or cancelled the ones that are incorrect
• I have verified the payment summary above is correct

[alexpensify]

@DylanDylann - I've paid you via Upwork

@mkhutornyi - Please accept the invite and I can complete the process. Thanks!

[alexpensify]

Update: Waiting for @mkhutornyi to accept the Upwork invite to complete the payment process there.

[alexpensify]

@mkhutornyi please accept the Upwork invite and then I can complete the payment process. Thanks!

[alexpensify]

No update here, still waiting for @mkhutornyi to accept the Upwork invite:

https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~012cb619021a94beb4

[alexpensify]

I believe that @mkhutornyi is OOO right now. Heads up, I will be offline starting on Wednesday until Tuesday, April 23. I'll check again one more time before I go OOO to see if I can complete the payment process.

[alexpensify]

Catching up from being OOO and going to remove @mallenexpensify. I checked the Upwork job and we are still waiting for @mkhutornyi to accept.

[alexpensify]

I've asked the team for feedback since this one has been pending payment for over a month - https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01SKUP7QR0/p1714516012720699

[alexpensify]

@mkhutornyi - I'm going to move this to monthly. Please let me know when you are back online and we can complete the payment process. Thanks!

[alexpensify]

Heads up, I will be offline until Tuesday, May 28, 2024, and will not actively watch over this GitHub during that period.

If anything urgent is needed here, please ask for help in the #expensify-open-source Slack Room-- thanks!

[alexpensify]

Monthly check-in - no update here. Setting a reminder to review in a month.

[mallenexpensify]

@mkhutornyi is back! can you please accept the job and reply here once you have?
https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~019112f681ac31089d

@alexpensify , please finish off payment once it's ready.

[alexpensify]

Awesome, thanks for the update!

[mkhutornyi]

Accepted offer. Thanks

[alexpensify]

Done, I've completed the payment process via Upwork and closed the jobs there. Welcome back @mkhutornyi!