CVE-2023-32692 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-32692: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Validation Placeholders

Vendor Codeigniter4
Product CodeIgniter4
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published May 30, 2023
Last update January 10, 2025

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when you use Validation Placeholders. The vulnerability exists in the Validation library, and validation methods in the controller and in-model validation are also vulnerable because they use the Validation library internally. This issue is patched in version 4.3.5.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 30, 2023 CVE published
January 10, 2025 Record updated