CVE-2020-10793
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
CodeIgniter through 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a modified Email ID to the "Select Role of the User" page. NOTE: A contributor to the CodeIgniter framework argues that the issue should not be attributed to CodeIgniter. Furthermore, the blog post reference shows an unknown website built with the CodeIgniter framework but that CodeIgniter is not responsible for introducing this issue because the framework has never provided a login screen, nor any kind of login or user management facilities beyond a Session library. Also, another reporter indicates the issue is with a custom module/plugin to CodeIgniter, not CodeIgniter itself.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmmCodeIgniter Improper Privilege Management2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
CodeIgniter through 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a modified Email ID to the "Select Role of the User" page. NOTE: A contributor to the CodeIgniter framework argues that the issue should not be attributed to CodeIgniter. Furthermore, the blog post reference shows an unknown website built with the CodeIgniter framework but that CodeIgniter is not responsible for introducing this issue because the framework has never provided a login screen, nor any kind of login or user management facilities beyond a Session library. Also, another reporter indicates the issue is with a custom module/plugin to CodeIgniter, not CodeIgniter itself.
- BIT-codeigniter-2020-107932024-03-06vendor · osvUS
CodeIgniter through 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a modified Email ID to the "Select Role of the User" page. NOTE: A contributor to the CodeIgniter framework argues that the issue should not be attributed to CodeIgniter. Furthermore, the blog post reference shows an unknown website built with the CodeIgniter framework but that CodeIgniter is not responsible for introducing this issue because the framework has never provided a login screen, nor any kind of login or user management facilities beyond a Session library. Also, another reporter indicates the issue is with a custom module/plugin to CodeIgniter, not CodeIgniter itself.
also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202003-1316cnnvd
- EUVD-2022-4450enisa_euvd
- GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmmenisa_euvd
- BIT-codeigniter-2020-10793osv
- GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmmosv
sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/extending/authentication.htmlcnnvd
- https://medium.com/@vbharad/account-takeover-via-modifying-email-id-codeigniter-framework-ca30741ad297cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10793cnnvd
- https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/extending/authentication.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://medium.com/%40vbharad/account-takeover-via-modifying-email-id-codeigniter-framework-ca30741ad297enisa_euvd
- https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/extending/authentication.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
- https://medium.com/%40vbharad/account-takeover-via-modifying-email-id-codeigniter-framework-ca30741ad297nvd
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