From 167e23e9ba359e2b660aadaf6e73b2e4931b1691 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gani Georgiev <gani.georgiev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 09:51:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] added extra confirm verification guards

---
 apis/record_auth_verification_confirm.go      |  7 ++
 apis/record_auth_verification_confirm_test.go | 81 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm.go b/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm.go
index dcf86fb2..c211a6e6 100644
--- a/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm.go
+++ b/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm.go
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ func recordConfirmVerification(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		if !wasVerified {
 			e.Record.SetVerified(true)
 
+			// similar to the OTP auth, we enforce an extra password reset
+			// guard as this way is less prone to pre-hijacking attacks
+			// in case the password auth is eventually enabled later
+			if !e.Record.Collection().PasswordAuth.Enabled {
+				e.Record.SetRandomPassword()
+			}
+
 			if err := e.App.Save(e.Record); err != nil {
 				return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("An error occurred while saving the verified state.", err))
 			}
diff --git a/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm_test.go b/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm_test.go
index d291b056..e24ee8f2 100644
--- a/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm_test.go
+++ b/apis/record_auth_verification_confirm_test.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func TestRecordConfirmVerification(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				if user.Verified() {
-					t.Fatalf("Expected the user to be unverified before the confirmation")
+					t.Fatal("Expected the user to be unverified before the confirmation")
 				}
 
 				// ensure that there is at least one pre-existing OAuth2 link
@@ -152,6 +152,85 @@ func TestRecordConfirmVerification(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "valid token (disabled password auth)",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/confirm-verification",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"token":"eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjRxMXhsY2xtZmxva3UzMyIsImV4cCI6MjUyNDYwNDQ2MSwidHlwZSI6InZlcmlmaWNhdGlvbiIsImNvbGxlY3Rpb25JZCI6Il9wYl91c2Vyc19hdXRoXyIsImVtYWlsIjoidGVzdEBleGFtcGxlLmNvbSJ9.SetHpu2H-x-q4TIUz-xiQjwi7MNwLCLvSs4O0hUSp0E"
+			}`),
+			ExpectedStatus: 204,
+			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
+				"*":                                  0,
+				"OnRecordConfirmVerificationRequest": 1,
+				"OnModelUpdate":                      1,
+				"OnModelValidate":                    1,
+				"OnModelUpdateExecute":               1,
+				"OnModelAfterUpdateSuccess":          1,
+				"OnRecordUpdate":                     1,
+				"OnRecordValidate":                   1,
+				"OnRecordUpdateExecute":              1,
+				"OnRecordAfterUpdateSuccess":         1,
+				// unverified->verified external auths removal
+				"OnModelDelete":              2,
+				"OnModelDeleteExecute":       2,
+				"OnModelAfterDeleteSuccess":  2,
+				"OnRecordDelete":             2,
+				"OnRecordDeleteExecute":      2,
+				"OnRecordAfterDeleteSuccess": 2,
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				user, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail("users", "test@example.com")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				user.Collection().PasswordAuth.Enabled = false
+				if err = app.Save(user.Collection()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				if user.Verified() {
+					t.Fatal("Expected the user to be unverified before the confirmation")
+				}
+
+				if !user.ValidatePassword("1234567890") {
+					t.Fatal("Expected password to be valid")
+				}
+
+				// ensure that there is at least one pre-existing OAuth2 link
+				externalAuths, err := app.FindAllExternalAuthsByRecord(user)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				if len(externalAuths) == 0 {
+					t.Fatal("Expected at least one external auths")
+				}
+			},
+			AfterTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, res *http.Response) {
+				user, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail("users", "test@example.com")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				if !user.Verified() {
+					t.Fatalf("Expected the user to be verified after the confirmation")
+				}
+
+				if user.ValidatePassword("1234567890") {
+					t.Fatal("Expected the user password to be reset")
+				}
+
+				// ensure that all pre-existing OAuth2 links are cleared
+				externalAuths, err := app.FindAllExternalAuthsByRecord(user)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				if len(externalAuths) > 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("Expected all external auths to be cleared, found %d", len(externalAuths))
+				}
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			Name:   "valid token (already verified)",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,