Security: Critical Vulnerability - Oracle Manipulation (No TWAP)

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Vulnerability: Oracle Manipulation via Spot Price (No TWAP)

Severity: HIGH to CRITICAL

Summary

The DeXe Protocol's PriceFeed contract uses spot price from PancakeSwap V2/V3 without any Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP) protection. This allows attackers to manipulate prices via flash loans in a single transaction.

Affected Files

• contracts/libs/price-feed/UniswapPathFinder.sol (Lines 221-222, 249-255)
• contracts/core/PriceFeed.sol

Vulnerability Details

The PriceFeed contract uses direct spot price queries:

• router.getAmountsOut() for V2
• quoter.quoteExactInputSingle() for V3

Without TWAP protection, these prices can be manipulated via flash loans.

Attack Vector

1. Flash loan large amount from Aave/PancakeSwap
2. Swap to manipulate pool reserves
3. Call PriceFeed.getNormalizedPriceOutUSD()
4. Protocol uses manipulated price
5. Profit in same transaction

Impact

• Token purchases at 90%+ discount
• Voting power inflation 1000x+
• Reward pool draining
• Unfair liquidations

Proof of Concept

Deployed contract: 0xc7730074736c10ed0d3F928A10Ee4162DA9a7983 on BSC

Recommended Fix

1. Implement TWAP with 30-minute minimum window
2. Add price deviation bounds (max 5% per block)
3. Consider using Chainlink oracle
4. Add time delay between queries

References

• Similar exploit: Mango Markets ($100M+ loss)
• Best practice: Uniswap V3 TWAP implementation