CVE-2023-32692
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Validation Placeholders
- Published
- May 30, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 10, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 64.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when you use Validation Placeholders. The vulnerability exists in the Validation library, and validation methods in the controller and in-model validation are also vulnerable because they use the Validation library internally. This issue is patched in version 4.3.5.
Sources
1Example application, vulnerable to CVE-2023-32692 (Validation Rule Injection in the PHP Framework CodeIgniter)
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