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Advisory details: gitlab / packagist/codeigniter/framework/CVE-2022-35943
Advisory ID gitlab/packagist/codeigniter/framework/CVE-2022-35943
Aliases CVE-2022-35943
GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq
Summary Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Shield is an authentication and authorization framework for CodeIgniter 4. This vulnerability may allow [SameSite Attackers](https://canitakeyoursubdomain.name/) to bypass the [CodeIgniter4 CSRF protection](https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/libraries/security.html) mechanism with CodeIgniter Shield. For this attack to succeed, the attacker must have direct (or indirect, e.g., XSS) control over a subdomain site (e.g., `https://a.example.com/`) of the target site (e.g., `http://example.com/`). Upgrade to **CodeIgniter v4.2.3 or later** and **Shield v1.0.0-beta.2 or later**. As a workaround: set `Config\Security::$csrfProtection` to `'session,'`remove old session data right after login (immediately after ID and password match) and regenerate CSRF token right after login (immediately after ID and password match)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/codeigniter/framework/CVE-2022-35943.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/libraries/security.htm
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Cookie/SameSite
https://jub0bs.com/posts/2021-01-29-great-samesite-confusion
CVE-2022-35943 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35943
GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/security/advisories/GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/codeigniter/framework/CVE-2022-35943.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-22T15:45:07Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/35xxx/CVE-2022-35943.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-35943

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]