Vulnerability in Codeigniter

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.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Codeigniter
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12071?: CVE-2018-12071 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-12071?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.