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GHSA-G434-3Q2J-HJ4R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:08 – Updated: 2025-06-17 14:02

Summary

CodeIgniter Session Fixation Vulnerability

Details

A Session Fixation issue exists in CodeIgniter before 3.1.10 because session.use_strict_mode in the Session Library was mishandled.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2018-12071 (GCVE-0-2018-12071)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-17 20:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 05:46

Summary

A Session Fixation issue exists in CodeIgniter before 3.1.9 because session.use_strict_mode in the Session Library was mishandled.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/changelog.html
	https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/commit/800…

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-G434-3Q2J-HJ4R

CVE-2018-12071 (GCVE-0-2018-12071)

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