Remove password and password_confirmation from whitelisted params in...

Remove password and password_confirmation from whitelisted params in ProfilesController to prevent password from being changed without previous password being provided

app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb

@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ class ProfilesController < Profiles::ApplicationController
       :linkedin,
       :location,
       :name,
-      :password,
-      :password_confirmation,
       :public_email,
       :skype,
       :twitter,

changelogs/unreleased/security-users-can-update-their-password-without-entering-current-password.yml

+---
+title: Prevent user passwords from being changed without providing the previous password
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: security

spec/controllers/profiles_controller_spec.rb

@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ require('spec_helper')
 describe ProfilesController, :request_store do
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
 
+  describe 'POST update' do
+    it 'does not update password' do
+      sign_in(user)
+
+      expect do
+        post :update,
+             user: { password: 'hello12345', password_confirmation: 'hello12345' }
+      end.not_to change { user.reload.encrypted_password }
+
+      expect(response.status).to eq(302)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'PUT update' do
     it 'allows an email update from a user without an external email address' do
       sign_in(user)