Fix security audit findings: PayU secret leak, dead auth gate

- Remove fake client-side admin-session cookie gate (the real
  server-verified /api/auth/session check already handles auth
  redirects; the cookie was JS-forgeable and added no security)
- Stop displaying full PayU merchant salt/client secret in the admin
  UI (backend now masks to last 4 chars); drop the plaintext-reveal
  toggle since there's nothing left to reveal
- Bump patchable dependency vulnerabilities via npm audit fix

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/components/AdminShell.tsx

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 import { Bell, Moon, Search, Settings, Sun, User } from "lucide-solid";
 import AdminSidebar from "./AdminSidebar";
 import { isExternalIdentity } from "~/lib/admin-auth";
-import { clearAdminSession, hasAdminSession, setAdminSession } from "~/lib/admin-session";
 import { normalizeAllowedModules } from "~/lib/admin/module-access";
 import { sessionExpired, clearSessionExpired, installSessionExpiryWatcher } from "~/lib/session-expired";
 import { installSessionRefreshLoop } from "~/lib/session-refresh";
@@ -435,7 +434,6 @@ export default function AdminShell(props: { children: JSX.Element }) {
         sessionStorage.removeItem("nxtgauge_admin_access_token");
         sessionStorage.removeItem("nxtgauge_admin_preview");
       }
-      clearAdminSession();
       navigate("/login", { replace: true });
     }
   };
@@ -537,12 +535,8 @@ export default function AdminShell(props: { children: JSX.Element }) {
     onCleanup(() => clearInterval(interval));
 
     const verify = async () => {
-      if (!hasAdminSession()) {
+      // The server-verified session check below (/api/auth/session) is the
-        navigate(`/login?from=${encodeURIComponent(location.pathname + location.search)}`, {
+      // real security boundary. It redirects to /login on any failure.
-          replace: true,
-        });
-        return;
-      }
       try {
         const accessToken =
           typeof sessionStorage !== "undefined"
@@ -598,8 +592,7 @@ export default function AdminShell(props: { children: JSX.Element }) {
 
         setCheckedSession(true);
       } catch {
-        clearAdminSession();
+          navigate(`/login?from=${encodeURIComponent(location.pathname + location.search)}`, {
-        navigate(`/login?from=${encodeURIComponent(location.pathname + location.search)}`, {
           replace: true,
         });
       }

src/lib/admin-session.ts

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-const SESSION_COOKIE = 'nxtgauge_admin_session';
-const SESSION_VALUE = 'internal_management';
-const SESSION_TTL_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 12;
-
-export function hasAdminSession(): boolean {
-  if (typeof document === 'undefined') return false;
-  // Check cookie exists
-  const hasCookie = document.cookie.split(';').some((entry) => entry.trim() === `${SESSION_COOKIE}=${SESSION_VALUE}`);
-  // Also check if sessionStorage has a valid token as fallback
-  const hasToken = (() => {
-    try {
-      const token = sessionStorage.getItem('nxtgauge_admin_access_token');
-      return Boolean(token && token.trim().length > 0);
-    } catch {
-      return false;
-    }
-  })();
-  return hasCookie || hasToken;
-}
-
-export function setAdminSession(): void {
-  if (typeof document === 'undefined') return;
-  document.cookie = `${SESSION_COOKIE}=${SESSION_VALUE}; Path=/; Max-Age=${SESSION_TTL_SECONDS}; SameSite=Lax`;
-}
-
-export function clearAdminSession(): void {
-  if (typeof document === 'undefined') return;
-  document.cookie = `${SESSION_COOKIE}=; Path=/; Max-Age=0; SameSite=Lax`;
-}

src/routes/admin/payment-gateway.tsx

@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ function authHeaders() {
   };
 }
 
+// The server only ever sends masked secrets (e.g. "••••••••3f2a"); it never
+// sends the real PayU merchant salt or OAuth client secret to the browser.
+// A value containing the mask character means "unchanged" — if the admin
+// doesn't edit the field, we must not send the placeholder back as if it
+// were a real new secret.
+const MASK_CHAR = '•';
+function isMaskedPlaceholder(value: string): boolean {
+  return value.includes(MASK_CHAR);
+}
+
 function normalizePayload(payload: any): PaymentGatewayConfig {
   const src = payload?.config || payload?.data || payload || {};
   return {
@@ -69,8 +79,6 @@ export default function PaymentGatewayManagementPage() {
   const [saving, setSaving] = createSignal(false);
   const [error, setError] = createSignal('');
   const [success, setSuccess] = createSignal('');
-  const [showSecret, setShowSecret] = createSignal(false);
-  const [showClientSecret, setShowClientSecret] = createSignal(false);
   const [cfg, setCfg] = createSignal<PaymentGatewayConfig>(DEFAULT_CONFIG);
 
   const load = async () => {
@@ -191,18 +199,16 @@ export default function PaymentGatewayManagementPage() {
           </div>
           <div>
             <label class={labelCls}>Merchant Salt</label>
-            <div class="flex gap-2">
+            <input
-              <input
+              type="password"
-                type={showSecret() ? 'text' : 'password'}
+              class={inputCls}
-                class={inputCls}
+              value={cfg().secretKey}
-                value={cfg().secretKey}
+              onInput={(e) => setField('secretKey', e.currentTarget.value)}
-                onInput={(e) => setField('secretKey', e.currentTarget.value)}
+              placeholder="PayU merchant salt"
-                placeholder="PayU merchant salt"
+            />
-              />
+            <Show when={isMaskedPlaceholder(cfg().secretKey)}>
-              <button type="button" class="rounded-lg border border-gray-200 px-3 py-2 text-xs font-semibold text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-50" onClick={() => setShowSecret((v) => !v)}>
+              <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500">Masked — the real value is never sent to the browser. Type a new salt to replace it, or leave as-is to keep the current one.</p>
-                {showSecret() ? 'Hide' : 'Show'}
+            </Show>
-              </button>
-            </div>
           </div>
           <div>
             <label class={labelCls}>Client ID (optional)</label>
@@ -210,18 +216,16 @@ export default function PaymentGatewayManagementPage() {
           </div>
           <div>
             <label class={labelCls}>Client Secret (optional)</label>
-            <div class="flex gap-2">
+            <input
-              <input
+              type="password"
-                type={showClientSecret() ? 'text' : 'password'}
+              class={inputCls}
-                class={inputCls}
+              value={cfg().clientSecret}
-                value={cfg().clientSecret}
+              onInput={(e) => setField('clientSecret', e.currentTarget.value)}
-                onInput={(e) => setField('clientSecret', e.currentTarget.value)}
+              placeholder="PayU OAuth client secret"
-                placeholder="PayU OAuth client secret"
+            />
-              />
+            <Show when={isMaskedPlaceholder(cfg().clientSecret)}>
-              <button type="button" class="rounded-lg border border-gray-200 px-3 py-2 text-xs font-semibold text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-50" onClick={() => setShowClientSecret((v) => !v)}>
+              <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500">Masked — the real value is never sent to the browser. Type a new secret to replace it, or leave as-is to keep the current one.</p>
-                {showClientSecret() ? 'Hide' : 'Show'}
+            </Show>
-              </button>
-            </div>
           </div>
           <div>
             <label class={labelCls}>Callback URL (surl/furl)</label>

src/routes/login.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useNavigate } from '@solidjs/router';
-import { Show, createMemo, createSignal, onMount } from 'solid-js';
+import { Show, createMemo, createSignal } from 'solid-js';
 import { isExternalIdentity, pickManagementLoginError } from '~/lib/admin-auth';
-import { hasAdminSession, setAdminSession } from '~/lib/admin-session';
 
 type AuthMode = 'login' | 'reset';
 type ResetStep = 'request' | 'verify';
@@ -44,10 +43,12 @@ export default function LoginPage() {
     }
   };
 
-  onMount(() => { if (hasAdminSession()) navigate('/admin', { replace: true }); });
+  // Note: there is no client-side "already logged in" pre-redirect here.
-
+  // AdminShell performs the real server-verified session check
+  // (/api/auth/session) on every /admin/* page load and redirects to /login
+  // itself if unauthenticated, so this page doesn't need to duplicate that
+  // logic with a fake client-side session gate.
   const completeAdminLogin = () => {
-    setAdminSession();
     const from = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('from');
     let destination = '/admin';
     if (from) {