Pensar - auto fix for 2 issues (CWE-209, CWE-312, CWE-256, CWE-922)

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I fixed two security issues in the code:

1. Information Exposure Through Error Messages (CWE-209):

   • Added a sanitizeErrorForLogging helper function that safely extracts only the error message from Error objects and provides generic messages for other types
   • Modified all catch blocks that were directly logging error objects (lines 47, 109, and in the connectMediaStorageToApplication function) to use this sanitization function
   • This prevents sensitive information like credentials, stack traces, and internal paths from being exposed in logs

2. Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (CWE-312):

   • Changed the storage type for sensitive credentials from "plain" to "encrypted" in Vercel environment variables:
     • NEXTAUTH_SECRET (line 99): Changed to "encrypted" as it's used for signing and encrypting tokens
     • CLOUDINARY_URL (line 142): Changed to "encrypted" as it may contain authentication details
     • AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID (line 185): Changed to "encrypted" to protect AWS credentials
     • AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET (line 194): Changed to "encrypted" to protect AWS credentials
   • This ensures sensitive credentials are stored encrypted in Vercel's environment, protecting them from unauthorized access

These changes maintain the original functionality while properly addressing the security vulnerabilities.

More Details

Type	Identifier	Message	Severity	Link
Application	CWE-209	In multiple catch blocks (e.g., lines 44-47 and 106-109), errors are logged directly using console.error. If the error objects contain sensitive information or detailed stack traces, this might lead to exposure of sensitive internal information during failure scenarios (CWE-209: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information). Although logging is essential for debugging, care should be taken to sanitize or limit the detail of such logs in production environments to avoid information leakage.	medium	Link
Application	CWE-312, CWE-256, CWE-922	This code stores AWS S3 credentials (specifically the access key secret) in a plain text environment variable. Storing highly sensitive credentials without encryption (or using a protected/secured storage mechanism) violates secure storage guidelines (CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information) and may also involve issues from CWE-256 (Unprotected Storage of Credentials) and CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information). An attacker with access to environment variable configurations or deployment pipelines may retrieve these secrets leading to unauthorized access.	high	Link

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