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Summary

The protocol lacks an emergency pause mechanism across all core contracts (MembershipFactory, OWPIdentity, CurrencyManager), making it impossible to halt operations during critical security incidents or when vulnerabilities are discovered. This creates a significant security risk as there's no way to prevent exploitation while fixes are being developed.

Vulnerability Details

The core contracts lack any pause functionality:
// MembershipFactory.sol
contract MembershipFactory {
function createNewDAOMembership(...) external {
// No pause check
}
function joinDAO(...) external {
// No pause check
}
}

// OWPIdentity.sol
contract OWPIdentity {
function mint(...) public onlyRole(MINTER_ROLE) {
// No pause check
}
function burn(...) public onlyRole(MINTER_ROLE) {
// No pause check
}
}

// CurrencyManager.sol
contract CurrencyManager {
function addCurrency(...) external {
// No pause check
}
function removeCurrency(...) external {
// No pause check
}
}

Impact

• No ability to stop operations if vulnerabilities are discovered

• Continuous exploitation possible during incident response

• No emergency controls during critical updates

• Financial losses cannot be prevented during active exploits

• Potential for cascading failures across interconnected contracts

Tools Used

Manual Review

Recommendations

Implement OpenZeppelin's Pausable contract across all core contracts: