CVE-2014-8686 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 37.2% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 37.22% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-310 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-09-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| codeigniter | codeigniter |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Seagate Business NAS - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) | 2015-03-04 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130609/Seagate-Business-NAS-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://beyondbinary.io/articles/seagate-nas-rce/
- https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html
- https://www.dionach.com/blog/codeigniter-session-decoding-vulnerability
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130609/Seagate-Business-NAS-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://beyondbinary.io/articles/seagate-nas-rce/
- https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html
- https://www.dionach.com/blog/codeigniter-session-decoding-vulnerability
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