MorpheusAI

Summary

The mint function in the WStETHMock contract lacks proper access control, allowing anyone to call it and mint new tokens. This poses a significant security risk as it can lead to unauthorized inflation or manipulation of the token supply.

Vulnerability Details

The mint function lacks proper access control mechanisms, allowing potential attackers to call the function freely. This oversight poses a serious risk, as an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to mint an arbitrary quantity of WStETHMock tokens to a specified address, potentially causing disruptions or unauthorized token generation.

We can see in below code snippet there is no access control on mint function.

contracts/mock/tokens/WStETHMock.sol

Impact

Anyone can mint unlimited WStETHMock tokens to his account by calling WStETHMock::mint function.

Tools Used

Manual Review

Recommended Mitigation Steps

Add onlyOwner modifier in the WStETHMock::mint function. Since Ownable is inherited by WStETHMock contract so onlyOwner modifier is available to use so only owner of this contract can call WStETHMock::mint function.