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GHSA-39FP-MQMM-GXJ6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-29 16:36 – Updated: 2025-05-07 18:49

Summary

CodeIgniter4 DoS Vulnerability

Details

Impact

A vulnerability was found in the Language class that allowed DoS attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to consume a large amount of memory on the server.

Patches

Upgrade to v4.4.7 or later. See upgrading guide.

Workarounds

Disabling Auto Routing prevents a known attack vector in the framework.
Do not pass invalid values to the lang() function or Language class.

References

https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/outgoing/localization.html#language-localization
https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/general/common_functions.html#lang

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-29904 (GCVE-0-2024-29904)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-29 15:32 – Updated: 2024-08-21 22:44

Title

CodeIgniter4 Language class DoS Vulnerability

Summary

CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework A vulnerability was found in the Language class that allowed DoS attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to consume a large amount of memory on the server. Upgrade to v4.4.7 or later.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-04-01 20:01 UTC

CWE

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/secu…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/comm…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
codeigniter4	CodeIgniter4	Affected: < 4.4.7
codeigniter	codeigniter	Affected: 4.0 , < 4.4.7 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter::::::::

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