PT-2018-4403 · Ellislab · Codeigniter

Frans Rosén · Published 2018-02-21 · Updated 2018-03-14 · CVE-2015-5725

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CodeIgniter versions prior to 2.2.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is due to a SQL injection vulnerability in the offset method in the Active Record class. The vulnerability can be exploited via vectors involving the offset variable.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.4, update to version 2.2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the offset method in the Active Record class to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the offset variable in sensitive queries until the issue is resolved.

Fix

RCE

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5725

Affected Products

Codeigniter

References · 6

• https://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-62743.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5725 · Security Note
• https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/commit/0dde92def6b9f276f05ff77abb07ead318f9ec23 · Note
• https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4020 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5725 · Note