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High, CVSS 8.8

CodeIgniter Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2020-10793GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmm

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • Packagist codeigniter4/framework

    Affected
    <= 4.0.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
8.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2020-10793: 1.90% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 79.68 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

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.

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmm

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2020-10793

Advisory: CodeIgniter Improper Privilege Management
IDs: CVE-2020-10793, GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmm
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2020-10793 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist codeigniter4/framework: affected <= 4.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist codeigniter4/framework: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on codeigniter4/framework.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmm (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-jwqp-wh5g-4gmm lists affected ranges: Packagist codeigniter4/framework >=0 <=4.0.0)

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