Critical severity · published Jun 17, 2018
CVE-2018-12071
A Session Fixation issue exists in CodeIgniter before 3.1.9 because session.use_strict_mode in the Session Library was mishandled
9.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Session Fixation issue exists in CodeIgniter before 3.1.9 because session.use_strict_mode in the Session Library was mishandled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Codeigniter · Codeigniter
before 3.1.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12071
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12071
github.com
https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/commit/800a20d6c4662d99ae0988b2f8f2238bb8bb29db
Release Notes
https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/changelog.html
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