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Stripe Webhook Audit · by Milo Antaeus

Your Stripe Webhook Audit Report

Static-analysis webhook-handler audit · https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks · Generated 2026-05-16 21:35 UTC

Files scanned: 2528 Webhook handlers found: 2 Patterns checked: 6 Confidence: deterministic (no LLM-in-the-loop)

Executive summary

4 ranked webhook-handler issues across 2 handler file(s) (2528 total files scanned). Addressing the top 3 reduces amortized incident risk by approximately $1,617/month$19,404/year.

Note: dollar figures represent amortized incident-cost reduction (prevented chargebacks, fraud, missed renewals, log-scrubbing) per industry baseline rates — not direct $/month savings on your Stripe bill.

#IssueSeverity$/mo risk reduction
1No Stripe signature verification detected in webhook handlerCRITICAL$167
2Handler missing 3 high-impact event case(s): payment_intent.succeeded, invoice.payment_failed, charge.dispute.createdHIGH$900
3Webhook handler has no event-id deduplication (idempotency hole)HIGH$500
4Handler logs full event payload or PII fields without redactionLOW$50
TOTAL ESTIMATED MONTHLY RISK REDUCTION: $1,617

Issue #1 — No Stripe signature verification detected in webhook handler $167/mo risk reduction

Confidence: 90% · Rule: missing_signature_verification
CRITICAL

Where: apps/web/app/api/billing/stripe-webhook/route.ts:1

What we found: This handler does not call `stripe.Webhook.construct_event()` and does not check the `Stripe-Signature` header anywhere in the file. That means ANY HTTP client that knows your webhook URL can POST a forged Stripe event payload — your handler will treat it as real and grant entitlements, mark invoices paid, or trigger downstream flows. Risk reduction: ~$2,000 per prevented incident (mean chargeback + ops cost), amortized across a 12-month exposure window.

Before (apps/web/app/api/billing/stripe-webhook/route.ts:1)

import { POST } from "@/modules/ee/billing/api/route";

export { POST };

After

# Verify the signature BEFORE doing anything else:
sig_header = request.headers.get('Stripe-Signature')
try:
    event = stripe.Webhook.construct_event(
        payload=request.data,
        sig_header=sig_header,
        secret=STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET,
    )
except (stripe.error.SignatureVerificationError, ValueError):
    return Response(status=400)

Issue #2 — Handler missing 3 high-impact event case(s): payment_intent.succeeded, invoice.payment_failed, charge.dispute.created $900/mo risk reduction

Confidence: 75% · Rule: missing_event_handler
HIGH

Where: apps/web/modules/ee/billing/api/lib/stripe-webhook.ts:104

What we found: This handler dispatches on event.type but does not case on 3 high-impact event type(s): payment_intent.succeeded, invoice.payment_failed, charge.dispute.created. Missing handlers for these are common silent revenue/fraud blind spots — e.g., `customer.subscription.deleted` not handled means cancelled customers keep their entitlements until a periodic reconciliation job catches it, and `charge.dispute.created` not handled means you default-lose disputes for missing the 7-day evidence window. Risk reduction: ~$300/mo amortized per missing class.

Before (apps/web/modules/ee/billing/api/lib/stripe-webhook.ts:104)

const getUnresolvedOrganizationResponse = (event: Stripe.Event) => {
  logger.warn(
    { eventType: event.type, eventId: event.id },
    "Skipping Stripe webhook: organization not resolved"
  );

  if (event.type === "checkout.session.completed") {

After

if event.type == 'payment_intent.succeeded':
    handle_payment_success(event.data.object)
elif event.type == 'customer.subscription.deleted':
    revoke_entitlements(event.data.object.customer)
elif event.type == 'invoice.payment_failed':
    start_dunning_flow(event.data.object)
elif event.type == 'charge.dispute.created':
    enqueue_dispute_evidence(event.data.object)
else:
    log.info('unhandled event', extra={'type': event.type})

Issue #3 — Webhook handler has no event-id deduplication (idempotency hole) $500/mo risk reduction

Confidence: 80% · Rule: idempotency_hole
HIGH

Where: apps/web/modules/ee/billing/api/lib/stripe-webhook.ts:104

What we found: Stripe retries any webhook delivery that doesn't return a 2xx — up to 3 days, with exponential backoff. This handler does not store seen event IDs or check for idempotency_key reuse anywhere in the file. That means a retried event will re-execute every side effect: double-charges, double-emails, duplicate entitlement grants, double-refunds. Risk reduction: ~$1,500 per prevented double-execution incident (typical chargeback + reversal cost), amortized.

Before (apps/web/modules/ee/billing/api/lib/stripe-webhook.ts:104)

const getUnresolvedOrganizationResponse = (event: Stripe.Event) => {
  logger.warn(
    { eventType: event.type, eventId: event.id },
    "Skipping Stripe webhook: organization not resolved"
  );

  if (event.type === "checkout.session.completed") {

After

# At handler entry, dedupe on event.id:
if processed_events.exists(event_id=event.id):
    return Response(status=200)  # already handled, ack
with db.transaction():
    processed_events.create(event_id=event.id, type=event.type)
    dispatch_event(event)  # safe: only runs once per event.id

Issue #4 — Handler logs full event payload or PII fields without redaction $50/mo risk reduction

Confidence: 60% · Rule: logging_pii_leak
LOW

Where: apps/web/modules/ee/billing/api/lib/stripe-webhook.ts:103

What we found: This handler logs the full Stripe event payload (or specific PII fields like `customer.email`, `card.last4`, `billing_details.email`) without any redaction wrapper. Once in logs, PII inherits the retention policy of your logging platform — often years. PCI/GDPR expect minimal data retention and redaction at ingest. Risk reduction: ~$1,500 per prevented log-scrubbing + DPA-notification incident, amortized across a 30-month exposure window.

Before (apps/web/modules/ee/billing/api/lib/stripe-webhook.ts:103)

const getUnresolvedOrganizationResponse = (event: Stripe.Event) => {
  logger.warn(
    { eventType: event.type, eventId: event.id },
    "Skipping Stripe webhook: organization not resolved"
  );

After

# Redact before logging:
REDACT_FIELDS = {'email', 'last4', 'name', 'phone', 'address'}
def redact(obj, fields=REDACT_FIELDS):
    if isinstance(obj, dict):
        return {k: ('[REDACTED]' if k in fields else redact(v))
                for k, v in obj.items()}
    if isinstance(obj, list):
        return [redact(x) for x in obj]
    return obj
log.info('stripe event', extra={'event': redact(event.to_dict())})

How we calculate "$/mo risk reduction"

Stripe webhook handler bugs don't generate a recurring monthly bill the way uncached LLM calls do — they generate per-incident costs: chargebacks ($1,500-$3,000 each), lost-dispute defaults ($500-$5,000), double-charged customer refunds + churn ($200-$2,000), PII-leak log-scrubbing ($1,500+).

We translate those into monthly amortized risk reduction using industry-baseline incident rates (e.g., webhook endpoints without signature verification get probed within ~6 months once a URL leaks; Stripe retries every event up to 3 days, so a non-idempotent handler hits a double-execution incident roughly once per quarter at moderate volume). The figure is a planning aid, not a bill-cut prediction. If your incident rate is higher than baseline, your actual savings are higher.

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