What is CVE-2015-5725?

CVE-2015-5725 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2015-5725?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Codeigniter

CVE-2015-5725

SQL injection vulnerability in the offset method in the Active Record class in CodeIgniter before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via vectors involving the offset variable.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Codeigniter

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

forum.codeigniter.com/thread-62743.html (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4020 (Third Party Advisory)
www.codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/commit/0dde92def6b9f276f05ff77abb07ead318f9ec23 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5725?: CVE-2015-5725 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2015-5725?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.