CVE-2014-8686 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CodeIgniter before 2.2.0 makes it easier for attackers to decode session cookies by leveraging fallback to a custom XOR-based encryption scheme when the Mcrypt extension for PHP is not available.

Published: 2017-09-19

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 34.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.34041.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130609/Seagate-Business-NAS-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
https://beyondbinary.io/articles/seagate-nas-rce/
https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html
https://www.dionach.com/blog/codeigniter-session-decoding-vulnerability

History

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Subscriptions

Codeigniter Codeigniter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-19T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.447Z

Reserved: 2014-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8686

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-19T19:29:00.263

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2014-8686

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-310

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