CVE-2024-29904
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.74%CodeIgniter4 DoS Vulnerability
Published: 3/29/2024Modified: 5/7/2025
Description
### Impact A vulnerability was found in the Language class that allowed DoS attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to consume a large amount of memory on the server. ### Patches Upgrade to v4.4.7 or later. See [upgrading guide](https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/installation/upgrade_447.html). ### Workarounds - Disabling Auto Routing prevents a known attack vector in the framework. - Do not pass invalid values to the `lang()` function or `Language` class. ### References - https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/outgoing/localization.html#language-localization - https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/general/common_functions.html#lang
Affected packages (1)
- Packagist/codeigniter4/frameworkfrom 0, < 4.4.7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |