Further improve the MFA process, now when verification fails the modal will stay open and the secret remain the same

modals/user_mfa_modal.php

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 require_once 'plugins/totp/totp.php';
 
-//Generate a base32 Key
+// Only generate the token once and store it in session:
-$token = key32gen();
+if (empty($_SESSION['mfa_token'])) {
+    $token = key32gen();
+    $_SESSION['mfa_token'] = $token;
+}
+$token = $_SESSION['mfa_token'];
 
 // Generate QR Code
 $data = "otpauth://totp/ITFlow:$session_email?secret=$token";
@@ -13,14 +17,13 @@ $data = "otpauth://totp/ITFlow:$session_email?secret=$token";
     <div class="modal-dialog">
         <div class="modal-content bg-dark">
             <div class="modal-header">
-                <h5 class="modal-title"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-lock mr-2"></i>Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication</h5>
+                <h5 class="modal-title"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-lock mr-2"></i>Multi-Factor Authentication</h5>
                 <button type="button" class="close text-white" data-dismiss="modal">
                     <span>&times;</span>
                 </button>
             </div>
             <form action="post.php" method="post" autocomplete="off">
                 <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['csrf_token'] ?>">
-                <input type="hidden" name="token" value="<?php echo $token; ?>">
                 <div class="modal-body bg-white">
                         
                     <div class="text-center">
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ $data = "otpauth://totp/ITFlow:$session_email?secret=$token";
                             <div class="input-group-prepend">
                                 <span class="input-group-text"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-lock"></i></span>
                             </div>
-                            <input type="text" class="form-control" inputmode="numeric" pattern="[0-9]*" name="verify_code" placeholder="Enter 6 digit code to verify MFA" required>
+                            <input type="text" class="form-control" inputmode="numeric" pattern="[0-9]*" minlength="6" maxlength="6" name="verify_code" placeholder="Enter 6 digit code to verify MFA" required>
                         </div>
                     </div>
 

post/user/profile.php

@@ -214,11 +214,20 @@ if (isset($_POST['enable_mfa'])) {
 
     require_once "plugins/totp/totp.php";
 
-    $verify_code = intval($_POST['verify_code']);  //code to validate, for example received from device
+    // Grab the code from the user
-    $token = sanitizeInput($_POST['token']);
+    $verify_code = trim($_POST['verify_code']); 
+    // Ensure it's numeric
+    if (!ctype_digit($verify_code)) {
+        $verify_code = '';
+    }
 
+    // Grab the secret from the session
+    $token = $_SESSION['mfa_token'] ?? '';
+
+    // Verify
     if (TokenAuth6238::verify($token, $verify_code)) {
 
+        // SUCCESS
         mysqli_query($mysqli,"UPDATE users SET user_token = '$token' WHERE user_id = $session_user_id");
 
         // Delete any existing 2FA tokens - these browsers should be re-validated
@@ -229,12 +238,20 @@ if (isset($_POST['enable_mfa'])) {
 
         $_SESSION['alert_message'] = "Multi-Factor authentication enabled";
 
+        // Clear the mfa_token from the session to avoid re-use.
+        unset($_SESSION['mfa_token']);
+
     } else {
+        // FAILURE
         $_SESSION['alert_type'] = "error";
-        $_SESSION['alert_message'] = "Verification Code Invalid, Multi-Factor Authenticaion not enabled, Try again!";
+        $_SESSION['alert_message'] = "Verification code invalid, please try again.";
+
+        // Set a flag to automatically open the MFA modal again
+        $_SESSION['show_mfa_modal'] = true;
     }    
 
     header("Location: user_security.php");
+    exit;
 
 }
 

user_security.php

@@ -76,4 +76,25 @@ $remember_token_count = mysqli_num_rows($sql_remember_tokens);
 <?php } ?>
 
 <?php
+
+// Show the error alert if it exists:
+if (!empty($_SESSION['alert_type']) && $_SESSION['alert_type'] == 'error') {
+    echo "<div class='alert alert-danger'>{$_SESSION['alert_message']}</div>";
+    // Clear it so it doesn't persist on refresh
+    unset($_SESSION['alert_type']);
+    unset($_SESSION['alert_message']);
+}
+
+// If the user just failed a TOTP verification, auto-open the modal:
+if (!empty($_SESSION['show_mfa_modal'])) {
+    echo "
+    <script>
+        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
+            // jQuery or vanilla JS to open the modal
+            $('#enableMFAModal').modal('show');
+        });
+    </script>";
+    unset($_SESSION['show_mfa_modal']);
+}
+
 require_once "includes/footer.php";