CI4MS: System Settings (Mail Settings) Full Platform Compromise & Full Account Takeover for All-Roles & Privilege-Escalation via Stored DOM XSS
CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with RBAC authorization and theme support. Prior to version 0.31.0.0, the application fails to properly sanitize user-controlled input within System Settings – Mail Settings. Several configuration fields, including Mail Server, Mail Port, Email Address, Email Password, Mail Protocol, and TLS settings, accept attacker-controlled input that is stored server-side and later rendered without proper output encoding. This issue has been patched in version 0.31.0.0.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-79 | CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 3.1 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 4.7
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L