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CVE-2023-32692

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32692 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting CodeIgniter, a PHP web framework, specifically when using Validation Placeholders. This flaw, present in the Validation library, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 48th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: codeigniter4/frameworkFixed in: 4.3.5
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-m6m8-6gq8-c9fjcritical

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Validation Placeholders in CodeIgniter4

May 22, 2023

References

github.com / codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md
Release Notes
github.com / codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-m6m8-6gq8-c9fj
MitigationVendor Advisory