GMS-2021-55: User (Encrypted) Password Field Being Serialised

Impact

Leaking Password field during serialisation of the User model. Password is in the encrypted form but if User model is requested in json or array form the value is printed.

Patches

Issue has been patched in version 0.3.7-beta and onwards.

Workarounds

Add the ‘password’ field to the Users model file in the hidden array:

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'remember_token',
        'password',
    ];

For more information

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