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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2022-35943 BIT-codeigniter-2022-35943EUVD-2022-6486GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq

SameSite may allow cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection to be bypassed

Published Aug 12, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
codeigniter4 shield > 4.3.2, > v1.0.0-beta.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist codeigniter4/shield >= 1.0.0-beta, < 1.0.0-beta.2 1.0.0-beta.2 GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq

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