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CodeIgniter Session Fixation Vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 25, 2023

Package

composer codeigniter/framework (Composer)

Affected versions

< 3.1.9

Patched versions

3.1.9

Description

A Session Fixation issue exists in CodeIgniter before 3.1.9 because session.use_strict_mode in the Session Library was mishandled.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 17, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jul 25, 2023
Last updated Jul 25, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-12071

GHSA ID

GHSA-g434-3q2j-hj4r

Source code

No known source code
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