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GHSA-4v37-24gm-h554

GitHub Security Advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Protection Bypass Vulnerability in CodeIgniter4

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to bypass the CodeIgniter4 CSRF protection mechanism.

### Patches
Upgrade to v4.1.9 or later.

### Workarounds
These are workarounds for this vulnerability, but **you will still need to code as these after upgrading to v4.1.9**.
Otherwise, the CSRF protection may be bypassed.

#### When Auto-Routing is Enabled
1. Check the request method in the controller method before processing.

E.g.:
```php
if (strtolower($this->request->getMethod()) !== 'post') {
return $this->response->setStatusCode(405)->setBody('Method Not Allowed');
}
```

#### When Auto-Routing is Disabled
Do one of the following:
1. Do not use `$routes->add()`, and [use HTTP verbs in routes](https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/incoming/routing.html#using-http-verbs-in-routes).
2. Check the request method in the controller method before processing.

E.g.:
```php
if (strtolower($this->request->getMethod()) !== 'post') {
return $this->response->setStatusCode(405)->setBody('Method Not Allowed');
}
```

### References
- [CodeIgniter4 CSRF protection](https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/libraries/security.html#cross-site-request-forgery-csrf)

### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4](https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/issues)
* Email us at [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/blob/develop/SECURITY.md)

Affected Packages

Packagist codeigniter4/framework
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 4.1.9)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-4v37-24gm-h554
Published
March 1, 2022 9:47 PM
Last Modified
March 1, 2022 9:47 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Packagist
Primary Package
codeigniter4/framework
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 12, 2025 6:29 AM

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