CVE-2014-8686

high-risk
Published 2017-09-19

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.

Do I need to act?

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34.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 66% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
36264
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Codeigniter

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130609/Seagate-Business-NAS-Unauthenticated...
Exploit https://beyondbinary.io/articles/seagate-nas-rce/
Vendor Advisory https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.dionach.com/blog/codeigniter-session-decoding-vulnerability
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130609/Seagate-Business-NAS-Unauthenticated...
Exploit https://beyondbinary.io/articles/seagate-nas-rce/
Vendor Advisory https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.dionach.com/blog/codeigniter-session-decoding-vulnerability
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 23/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal