Every other group route asks StaffLibraryScope whether this viewer may
act on this group. GroupsController::update() and ::destroy() do, and so
do their API twins -- all four with abort_unless(allowsGroupChange, 404).
The two that read do not: edit() and Api\GroupsController::show() had no
boundary at all.
What they hand over is the membership, name and email per member, plus
the whole client roster of the installation as available_clients. So a
client-scoped staff member could open a group whose contents they cannot
see, read off every client on the installation, and only be refused when
they pressed save.
Two halves, because the leak has two shapes:
- The group itself. Reading it now asks the same reach question the write
half asks, one step earlier, with the same 404 -- a group that reaches
past the viewer's library is not theirs to open either.
- The lists inside it. Both narrow through StaffLibraryScope::clients(),
the listing half of the rule this screen's buttons are already guarded
with: allowsGroupMembership refuses removing a member outside the
roster, and refuses adding a client outside it. Naming them anyway,
with their address, is the mistake ClientsController made before
clients() existed -- that method's own docblock says so.
The reach guard alone would not have been enough. A group nobody has
shared anything with reaches nowhere, so it stays open to everybody --
and it can still hold a stranger's client. That case is why the lists
narrow separately, and there is a test for it.
members_count is left whole on purpose: a size is not an identity, and it
is the same number the group listing already reports.
GroupResource's docblock claimed members are safe to expose because "the
group edit screen already shows [them] to anyone holding edit_groups".
That was a claim about a screen, and it stopped being true the moment the
screen narrowed. Reworded to say what now holds it up, and where.
Not changed: the group listing. It reports names and member counts, not
identities, and every button on it is guarded. Nor Api\GroupsController::
index(), for the same reason. Nor the API document -- scramble:export is
byte-identical, because GET /groups/{group} already documented a 404.
Four tests. Three measured red against the unguarded controllers (3
failed / 21 passed): the group cannot be opened at all, the edit screen
stops naming strangers, and the API twin narrows what it hands back. The
fourth -- an unscoped viewer keeps the whole roster and every member -- is
green either way and guards against the fix over-refusing.
Full suite passes (2052 passed / 2 skipped), PHPStan level 8 clean.
ProjectSend
Share files with your clients, from your own server.
ProjectSend is a self-hosted application for getting files to the people you work with. You upload what you want to send, choose exactly who can see it, and each client signs in to their own private page to download it.
No public link passed around by email, no third-party service holding your clients' documents, no per-seat pricing. It runs on your server, and the files stay there.
What it does
For the people you send to
- A private area per client, showing only what has been shared with them
- Sign in with an email address, with optional two-factor authentication
- Search, filter and sort their files; download one, several as a zip, or a whole folder
- Optional comments on a file, so questions live next to the thing they are about
- Email notifications when something new arrives, in their own language
For you
- Resumable uploads that survive a dropped connection, so large files actually arrive
- Organise with folders, categories and client groups
- Share with one client, a whole group, or publicly — and set an expiry date or a download limit
- Thumbnails and previews for images and documents
- Storage quotas per client, and custom fields for the details you need to keep on them
- A full activity log and download history: who got what, and when
For the installation
- Roles and permissions for your own team, so an uploader is not an administrator
- Sign-in the way you already work: LDAP, social sign-in, or plain email and password
- Themes for the client-facing pages and for outgoing email
- 16 languages
- A REST API with scoped tokens and generated OpenAPI docs
- Privacy controls, including GDPR-grade account erasure with a grace period
- Local disk, S3-compatible storage, or Google Cloud Storage
Screenshots
The dashboard — what is in the installation, and what has been happening in it.
Your library — folders, categories, and who each file is shared with.
What your client sees — only their files, nothing else.
Getting started
With Docker — the quickest path, and the one we recommend. Nothing to build: the published image ships with its dependencies and its frontend already compiled.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectsend/projectsend/main/docker/production/compose.example.yaml
# edit the passwords and APP_URL in it, then:
docker compose -f compose.example.yaml up -d
Open APP_URL and the first thing you see is a setup screen that creates your administrator
account — or uncomment ADMIN_EMAIL and ADMIN_PASSWORD in the file first, with a password of
your own, and it is created for you.
Before you put real files in it, read DOCKER.md — where your database and uploads actually live, how to move them onto paths you chose, and how to back them up so an upgrade can't take them with it.
Without Docker — for servers where it isn't an option, install from a release zip.
INSTALL.md covers requirements, .env, nginx, the background worker and cron,
updating and troubleshooting. You do not need Composer or npm on the server; the zip ships ready to
run.
Already running it? UPDATE.md is how you move to a new version — one command on Docker, one script on your own server, and what to check afterwards either way.
Want to work on ProjectSend itself? Cloning the repository gets you a development copy, not an installation: the dependencies and the compiled frontend are deliberately not in git, so a clone needs Composer and npm before it runs. CONTRIBUTING.md has the sequence, and it is short.
Coming from ProjectSend Legacy?
The previous generation of ProjectSend lives on at projectsend/legacy. This is a rebuild rather than an upgrade, so moving across is an import rather than an update — install fresh, then bring your old site into it with the migration tool: accounts, clients, groups, categories, folders, files and history.
It never writes to your old install, and any run can be undone with a single command. MIGRATING-FROM-V1.md explains what comes across, the two routes (same machine, or a portable export from a server you can't reach), and the one change your clients will notice: they sign in with their email address now, using the same password.
Contributing
Bug reports, translations and pull requests are all welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md for how to set up a development copy, what the checks are, and the contributor agreement.
Found a security issue? Please report it privately through GitHub's security advisories rather than opening a public issue.
License
Free software under the GNU General Public License v2, or (at your option) any later version — see LICENSE. Use it, study it, change it, share it.
Commercial licenses are available for organizations that cannot work under copyleft terms; LICENSING.md explains both options. Contributions require signing a CLA, for reasons set out in CONTRIBUTING.md.


