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GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq

MediumCVSS 5.9 / 10
Published Aug 18, 2022·Last modified Dec 6, 2023
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

This vulnerability may allow SameSite Attackers to bypass the CodeIgniter4 CSRF protection mechanism with CodeIgniter Shield.

For this attack to succeed, the attacker must have direct (or indirect, e.g., XSS) control over a subdomain site (e.g., https://a.example.com/) of the target site (e.g., http://example.com/).

This vulnerability exists whether Config\Security::$csrfProtection is 'cookie' or 'session'. It is also exploitable whether Config\Security::$regenerate is true or false.

Patches

Upgrade to CodeIgniter v4.2.3 or later and Shield v1.0.0-beta.2 or later.

Workarounds

Do all of the following:

  • set Config\Security::$csrfProtection to 'session'
  • remove old session data right after login (immediately after ID and password match)
  • regenerate CSRF token right after login (immediately after ID and password match)

References

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Risk Scores
Base Score
5.9

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
5.4

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.48%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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