Project: Artisan Labs Dev
Location: D:\AI\DREAM-PIXELS-FORGE\MVP\DEVS\APPS\artisan_labs_dev
Audit Date: April 4, 2026
Project Type: Next.js 14+ Web Application

This security audit identified 2 Critical, 3 High, 3 Medium, and 2 Low severity vulnerabilities across the Next.js application. The project requires immediate security hardening before production deployment.

Severity: Critical
Location: next.config.ts
CWE: CWE-346: Origin Validation Error, CWE-16: Configuration

Finding: The Next.js configuration lacks critical security headers. Without proper security headers, the application is vulnerable to various attacks including XSS, clickjacking, and MIME type sniffing.

Current Configuration:

const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
  output: "standalone",
  typescript: {
    ignoreBuildErrors: false,
  },
  reactStrictMode: true,
};

Missing Headers:

• Content-Security-Policy (CSP)
• X-Content-Type-Options
• X-Frame-Options
• Referrer-Policy
• Permissions-Policy

Remediation:

// next.config.ts
async headers() {
  return [
    {
      source: '/:path*',
      headers: [
        { key: 'Content-Security-Policy', value: "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' blob: data:; font-src 'self' data:;" },
        { key: 'X-Content-Type-Options', value: 'nosniff' },
        { key: 'X-Frame-Options', value: 'DENY' },
        { key: 'Referrer-Policy', value: 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin' },
        { key: 'Permissions-Policy', value: 'camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()' },
      ],
    },
  ];
}

Priority: P1 - Fix within 24 hours

Severity: Critical
Location: src/components/feedback-form.tsx
CWE: CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Finding: The feedback form submits data directly to an external service (Formspree) without CSRF tokens or origin validation.

Current Implementation:

const FORMSPREE_ENDPOINT = 'https://formspree.io/f/xaqllokg'

const handleSubmit = useCallback(async (e: React.FormEvent) => {
  const response = await fetch(FORMSPREE_ENDPOINT, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({ email, message }),
  })

Remediation:

1. Move endpoint to environment variable
2. Add origin validation
3. Implement CSRF token validation

Priority: P1 - Fix within 24 hours

Severity: High
Location: src/components/feedback-form.tsx (line 13)
CWE: CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Finding: The Formspree form endpoint ID (xaqllokg) is hardcoded in client-side code.

Remediation:

// Use environment variable
const FORMSPREE_ENDPOINT = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_FORMSPREE_ENDPOINT

Priority: P2 - Fix within 1 week

Severity: High
Location: src/lib/validate-env.ts
CWE: CWE-258: Empty Password Field

Finding: Critical variables like NEXTAUTH_SECRET are marked as optional but should be required in production.

Current State:

const optionalEnvVars: string[] = [
  'DATABASE_URL',
  'NEXTAUTH_SECRET',  // Should be required!
  'NEXTAUTH_URL',
]

Remediation:

const requiredEnvVars: string[] = [
  'NEXTAUTH_SECRET',
];

function validateSecretStrength(secret: string): boolean {
  return secret.length >= 32 && /[A-Z]/.test(secret) && /[a-z]/.test(secret) && /[0-9]/.test(secret);
}

Priority: P2 - Fix within 1 week

Severity: High
Location: react-syntax-highlighter (transitive dependency)
CVE: CVE-2024-53382
CVSS: 6.1 (Moderate)

Finding: Prism (aka PrismJS) through 1.29.0 allows DOM Clobbering with resultant XSS for untrusted input.

Remediation:

• Update react-syntax-highlighter to latest version (includes prismjs >=1.30.0)
• Or sanitize user input before passing to highlighter

Priority: P2 - Fix within 1 week

Severity: Medium
Location: src/components/scroll-trigger/ScrollTriggerPanel.tsx
CWE: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Finding: The scroll trigger panel accepts user input for frame ranges, scroll distances without bounds validation.

Current Code:

const handleScrollDistanceChange = useCallback(
  (val: number[]) => updateConfig({ scrollDistance: val[0] }),
  // No validation - accepts any value

Remediation:

const handleScrollDistanceChange = useCallback(
  (val: number[]) => {
    const safeValue = Math.max(100, Math.min(10000, val[0]));
    updateConfig({ scrollDistance: safeValue });
  },

Priority: P3 - Fix within 1 month

Severity: Medium
Location: src/components/error-boundary.tsx (lines 66-67)
CWE: CWE-209: Information Exposure Through Error Message

Finding: The error boundary displays error messages that expose internal application details.

{this.state.error && (
  <p className="text-xs text-zinc-500 font-mono bg-zinc-900/50 p-2 rounded">
    {this.state.error.message}  // Exposes sensitive info
  </p>
)}

Remediation:

{process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' && this.state.error && (
  <p className="...">{this.state.error.message}</p>
)}

Priority: P3 - Fix within 1 month

Severity: Medium
Location: src/app/api/route.ts
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Finding: The single API route lacks rate limiting, making it vulnerable to abuse.

Remediation: Implement rate limiting:

import { rateLimit } from '@/lib/rate-limit';

const rateLimiter = rateLimit({
  interval: 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
  max: 100, // 100 requests per minute
});

export async function GET(req: Request) {
  await rateLimiter.check(req);
  // ... rest of handler
}

Priority: P3 - Fix within 1 month

Severity: Low
Location: package.json

Finding: Project uses default ESLint configuration without security-specific rules.

Remediation:

npm install --save-dev eslint-plugin-security @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin

Priority: P4 - Fix within 3 months

Severity: Low
Location: src/store/app-store.ts (line 65)

Finding: Using UUID v4 instead of native crypto.randomUUID().

Remediation:

// Replace: import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
// With: crypto.randomUUID() (built into modern browsers)

Priority: P4 - Fix within 3 months

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        EDGE / CDN                               │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ MISSING: CSP | X-Frame-Options | X-Content-Type-Options│   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      NEXT.JS APPLICATION                        │
│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────────────┐  │
│  │   CSRF       │  │   Rate      │  │   Input Validation   │  │
│  │   MISSING    │  │   LIMITING  │  │   PARTIAL            │  │
│  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘  └──────────────────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     DATA LAYER                                  │
│  ┌──────────────────┐    ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │
│  │  localStorage    │    │     ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES        │ │
│  │  (Unencrypted)  │    │  (Validation gaps, hardcoded)     │ │
│  └──────────────────┘    └──────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. Static Analysis: Run CodeQL or Semgrep for SAST
2. Dependency Scanning: Configure npm audit or Snyk
3. Dynamic Testing: Use OWASP ZAP for penetration testing
4. Security Headers: Verify with securityheaders.com
5. CSRF Testing: Test form submissions for CSRF vulnerabilities

The Artisan Labs project has a modest security posture requiring immediate attention to critical vulnerabilities. The most urgent issues are the missing security headers and lack of CSRF protection on forms. Address these findings before any production deployment.

Overall Risk Level: MODERATE to HIGH

Audit completed by PRIDES Security Team
Report version: 1.0
Next review: July 4, 2026