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Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Codeigniter4

High
MGatner published GHSA-w6jr-wj64-mc9x Jan 3, 2022

Package

composer codeigniter4/framework (Composer)

Affected versions

< 4.1.6

Patched versions

4.1.6

Description

Impact

Deserialization of Untrusted Data was found in the old() function in CodeIgniter4.
Remote attackers may inject auto-loadable arbitrary objects with this vulnerability,
and possibly execute existing PHP code on the server.
We are aware of a working exploit, which can lead to SQL injection.

Patches

Upgrade to v4.1.6 or later.

Workarounds

Do not use:

  • old() and form_helper
  • RedirectResponse::withInput() and redirect()->withInput()

References

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Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2022-21647

Weaknesses