GHSA-49jm-g4m8-x53p

Withdrawn Advisory: CodeIgniter4 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in debugbar_time Parameter

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2025-45406

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Packagist	codeigniter4/framework	<= 4.6.2	no fix listed

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

### Withdrawn Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because the original report was found to be invalid. This link is maintained to preserve external references. For more information, see https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/5862. ### Original Description A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CodeIgniter4 v4.6.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the debugbar_time parameter.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15943 advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-45406 advisory
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 package
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/blob/v4.6.2/system/Debug/Toolbar.php#L496 web
https://github.com/codeigniter4/framework/blob/v4.6.2/system/Debug/Toolbar.php#L496 web
https://medium.com/@talktoshweta0/when-debugging-bites-back-exposing-a-persistent-xss-in-codeigniter4-c9caf804a190 web
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50556 web