Vulnerability · Published Jan 24, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-21715Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in CodeIgniter4

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in CodeIgniter4 from codeigniter4. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

CodeIgniter4 is the 4.x branch of CodeIgniter, a PHP full-stack web framework. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in `API\ResponseTrait` in Codeigniter4 prior to version 4.1.8. Attackers can do XSS attacks if a potential victim is using `API\ResponseTrait`. Version 4.1.8 contains a patch for this vulnerability. There are two potential workarounds available. Users may avoid using `API\ResponseTrait` or `ResourceController` Users may also disable Auto Route and use defined routes only.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	codeigniter4/framework	4.1.8	GHSA-7528-7jg5-6g62

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
codeigniter4	CodeIgniter4	< 4.1.8

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-7528-7jg5-6g62 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/commit/70d881cf5322b7c32e69516aebd2273ac6a1e8dd x_refsource_MISC
https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/incoming/routing.html#use-defined-routes-only x_refsource_MISC