CVE-2014-8684: CodeIgniter and Kohana vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

critical Affects codeigniter/framework, kohana/core. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-17; advisory modified 2024-11-29.

CodeIgniter and Kohana vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

Package: codeigniter/framework Composer
Affected versions: <3.0.0
Fixed in: 3.0.0
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 72% (99.4th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-17
Source: osv.dev

References

CodeIgniter and Kohana vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

Package: kohana/core Composer
Affected versions: <3.3.3
Fixed in: 3.3.3
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 72% (99.4th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-17
Source: osv.dev

References

NVD record codeigniter/framework advisories kohana/core advisories

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