MyCut

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Severity: high
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Owner Cut Stuck in `ContestManager` — Pot's owner is ContestManager, `closePot` sends manager cut to ContestManager with no withdrawal mechanism

Description

The vulnerability stems from the ownership assignment between Pot and ContestManager:

  1. Pot assigns msg.sender as owner: contract Pot is Ownable(msg.sender)

  2. ContestManager deploys Pot: Pot pot = new Pot(players, rewards, token, totalRewards) — here msg.sender for Pot's constructor is the ContestManager contract itself, not the external owner

  3. closePot sends managerCut to msg.sender: i_token.transfer(msg.sender, managerCut) — when called via ContestManager.closeContest(), msg.sender in closePot is ContestManager

  4. No withdrawal mechanism: ContestManager has no function to withdraw tokens — the manager cut is permanently locked

// ContestManager.sol:57-60
function _closeContest(address contest) internal {
Pot pot = Pot(contest);
pot.closePot(); // msg.sender = ContestManager
}
// Pot.sol:55 — managerCut sent to ContestManager, not the external owner
i_token.transfer(msg.sender, managerCut);

Risk

Likelihood:

  • Every Pot deployment creates this ownership misalignment — ContestManager is ALWAYS the owner of every Pot

  • Every closeContest call triggers this — deterministic, not conditional

Impact:

  • Manager cut (10% of remaining rewards after 90 days) is permanently locked in ContestManager

  • Protocol owner never receives their intended fee

  • As more contests close, more tokens accumulate in ContestManager with no recovery path

  • Concrete PoC: after closing a contest, ContestManager balance increases by 10 tokens (the manager cut) with no way to withdraw

Proof of Concept

function testOwnerCutStuckInContestManager() public mintAndApproveTokens {
vm.startPrank(user);
contest = ContestManager(conMan).createContest(
players, rewards, IERC20(ERC20Mock(weth)), 100
);
ContestManager(conMan).fundContest(0);
vm.stopPrank();
// Fast forward 91 days
vm.warp(block.timestamp + 91 days);
uint256 conManBalanceBefore = ERC20Mock(weth).balanceOf(conMan);
console.log("contest manager balance before:", conManBalanceBefore); // 0
vm.prank(user);
ContestManager(conMan).closeContest(contest);
uint256 conManBalanceAfter = ERC20Mock(weth).balanceOf(conMan);
console.log("contest manager balance after:", conManBalanceAfter); // 10
// ContestManager balance increased — manager cut is stuck
assertGt(conManBalanceAfter, conManBalanceBefore);
}

Run with:

forge test --match-test testOwnerCutStuckInContestManager -vv

Result: [PASS] — 10 tokens permanently locked in ContestManager.

Recommended Mitigation

Add a withdrawal function to ContestManager:

+ function claimStuckedERC20(address tkn, address to, uint256 amount) external onlyOwner {
+ (bool success, bytes memory data) = tkn.call(
+ abi.encodeWithSelector(0xa9059cbb, to, amount)
+ );
+ require(
+ success && (data.length == 0 || abi.decode(data, (bool))),
+ 'ContestManager::safeTransfer: transfer failed'
+ );
+ }
Updates

Lead Judging Commences

ai-first-flight-judge Lead Judge about 5 hours ago
Submission Judgement Published
Validated
Assigned finding tags:

[H-01] Owner Cut Stuck in `ContestManager`

## Description When `closeContest` function in the `ContestManager` contract is called, `pot` sends the owner's cut to the `ContestManager` itself, with no mechanism to withdraw these funds. ## Vulnerability Details: Relevant code - [Pot](https://github.com/Cyfrin/2024-08-MyCut/blob/main/src/Pot.sol#L7) [ContestManager](https://github.com/Cyfrin/2024-08-MyCut/blob/main/src/ContestManager.sol#L16-L26) The vulnerability stems from current ownership implementation between the `Pot` and `ContestManager` contracts, leading to funds being irretrievably locked in the `ContestManager` contract. 1. **Ownership Assignment**: When a `Pot` contract is created, it assigns `msg.sender` as its owner: ```solidity contract Pot is Ownable(msg.sender) { ... } ``` 2. **Contract Creation Context**: The `ContestManager` contract creates new `Pot` instances through its `createContest` function: ```solidity function createContest(...) public onlyOwner returns (address) { Pot pot = new Pot(players, rewards, token, totalRewards); ... } ``` In this context, `msg.sender` for the new `Pot` is the `ContestManager` contract itself, not the external owner who called `createContest`. 3. **Unintended Ownership**: As a result, the `ContestManager` becomes the owner of each `Pot` contract it creates, rather than the intended external owner. 4. **Fund Lock-up**: When `closeContest` is called (after the 90-day contest period), it triggers the `closePot` function: ```solidity function closeContest(address contest) public onlyOwner { Pot(contest).closePot(); } ``` The `closePot` function sends the owner's cut to its caller. Since the caller is `ContestManager`, these funds are sent to and locked within the `ContestManager` contract. 5. **Lack of Withdrawal Mechanism**: The `ContestManager` contract does not include any functionality to withdraw or redistribute these locked funds, rendering them permanently inaccessible. This ownership misalignment and the absence of a fund recovery mechanism result in a critical vulnerability where contest rewards become permanently trapped in the `ContestManager` contract. ## POC In existing test suite, add following test ```solidity function testOwnerCutStuckInContestManager() public mintAndApproveTokens { vm.startPrank(user); contest = ContestManager(conMan).createContest( players, rewards, IERC20(ERC20Mock(weth)), 100 ); ContestManager(conMan).fundContest(0); vm.stopPrank(); // Fast forward 91 days vm.warp(block.timestamp + 91 days); uint256 conManBalanceBefore = ERC20Mock(weth).balanceOf(conMan); console.log("contest manager balance before:", conManBalanceBefore); vm.prank(user); ContestManager(conMan).closeContest(contest); uint256 conManBalanceAfter = ERC20Mock(weth).balanceOf(conMan); // Assert that the ContestManager balance has increased (owner cut is stuck) assertGt(conManBalanceAfter, conManBalanceBefore); console.log("contest manager balance after:", conManBalanceAfter); } ``` run `forge test --mt testOwnerCutStuckInContestManager -vv` in the terminal and it will return following output: ```js [⠊] Compiling... [⠑] Compiling 1 files with Solc 0.8.20 [⠘] Solc 0.8.20 finished in 1.66s Compiler run successful! Ran 1 test for test/TestMyCut.t.sol:TestMyCut [PASS] testOwnerCutStuckInContestManager() (gas: 810988) Logs: User Address: 0x6CA6d1e2D5347Bfab1d91e883F1915560e09129D Contest Manager Address 1: 0x7BD1119CEC127eeCDBa5DCA7d1Bd59986f6d7353 Minting tokens to: 0x6CA6d1e2D5347Bfab1d91e883F1915560e09129D Approved tokens to: 0x7BD1119CEC127eeCDBa5DCA7d1Bd59986f6d7353 contest manager balance before: 0 contest manager balance after: 10 Suite result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 skipped; finished in 10.51ms (1.31ms CPU time) ``` ## Impact Loss of funds for the protocol / owner ## Recommendations Add a claimERC20 function `ContestManager` to solve this issue. ```solidity function claimStuckedERC20(address tkn, address to, uint256 amount) external onlyOwner { // bytes4(keccak256(bytes('transfer(address,uint256)'))); (bool success, bytes memory data) = tkn.call(abi.encodeWithSelector(0xa9059cbb, to, amount)); require( success && (data.length == 0 || abi.decode(data, (bool))), 'ContestManager::safeTransfer: transfer failed' ); ```

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