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CVE-2022-40835

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40835 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting B.C. Institute of Technology CodeIgniter versions up to and including 3.1.13, specifically within the system\database\DB_query_builder.php component. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and a significant number of community mentions, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though multiple third parties dispute its validity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, <= 3.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / 726232111/CodeIgniter3.1.13-SQL-Inject/blob/main/README.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/6161