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CVE-2014-8684

Published: Sep 19, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-310
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
71.5%
Top 0.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

CodeIgniter before 3.0 and Kohana 3.2.3 and earlier and 3.3.x through 3.3.2 make it easier for remote attackers to spoof session cookies and consequently conduct PHP object injection attacks by leveraging use of standard string comparison operators to compare cryptographic hashes.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected Products

n/an/a
codeigniter/frameworkPackagistOSS Libraries
kohana/corePackagistOSS Libraries
codeignitercodeigniter
Library
OSS Libraries / web-framework
kohanakohanaframework
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
codeigniteross-projectOSS Librariesaka codeigniter, ci

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://scott.arciszewski.me/research/full/php-framework-timing-attacks-object-injection
scott.arciszewski.me
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/54
seclists.org
https://github.com/kohana/core/pull/492
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Sep 19, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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