Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-21647 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Codeigniter
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
CodeIgniter is an open source PHP full-stack web framework. 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. Users are advised to upgrade to v4.1.6 or later. Users unable to upgrade as advised to not use the `old()` function and form_helper nor `RedirectResponse::withInput()` and `redirect()->withInput()`.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/commit/ce95ed5765256e2f09f3513e7d42790e0d6948f5
- https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/commit/ce95ed5765256e2f09f3513e7d42790e0d6948f5
- https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-w6jr-wj64-mc9x
- https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-w6jr-wj64-mc9x