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ghsa-39fp-mqmm-gxj6

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-03-29 16:36

Modified

2025-05-07 18:49

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

CodeIgniter4 DoS Vulnerability

Details

Impact

A vulnerability was found in the Language class that allowed DoS attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to consume a large amount of memory on the server.

Patches

Upgrade to v4.4.7 or later. See upgrading guide.

Workarounds

Disabling Auto Routing prevents a known attack vector in the framework.
Do not pass invalid values to the lang() function or Language class.

References

https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/outgoing/localization.html#language-localization
https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/general/common_functions.html#lang

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    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "id": "GHSA-39fp-mqmm-gxj6",
  "modified": "2025-05-07T18:49:41Z",
  "published": "2024-03-29T16:36:38Z",
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    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29904"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/commit/fa851acbae7ae4c5a97f8f38ae87aa0822a334c0"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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}

CVE-2024-29904 (GCVE-0-2024-29904)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-03-29 15:32

Modified

2024-08-21 22:44

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Summary

CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework A vulnerability was found in the Language class that allowed DoS attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to consume a large amount of memory on the server. Upgrade to v4.4.7 or later.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-39fp-mqmm-gxj6	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/commit/fa851acbae7ae4c5a97f8f38ae87aa0822a334c0	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	codeigniter4	CodeIgniter4	Version: < 4.4.7

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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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ghsa-39fp-mqmm-gxj6

Vulnerability from github

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Patches

Workarounds

References

CVE-2024-29904 (GCVE-0-2024-29904)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

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