Security advisory

{
  "id": "632523695dba71224f145b53aa60d8c8b94248b9a0f0be99ee554064131812e5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40829",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-40829",
    "summary": "B.C. Institute of Technology CodeIgniter <=3.1.13 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via system\\database\\DB_query_builder.php or_like() function. Note: Multiple third parties have disputed this as not a valid vulnerability.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-40829",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-40829",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-codeigniter-2022-40829",
        "CVE-2022-40829"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bcit-ci/codeigniter",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3fe79499c5bedb5b3bc4281821776f031f73674e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bcb17eb8ba53a85de154439d0ab8ff1bed047bc9"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3fe79499c5bedb5b3bc4281821776f031f73674e"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "38d98bcbbd6e70998999971e9cbb53de12410bbf"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4ccc2f80c501d839245915d058f77dea7f1bd3f3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.1.13"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0-NA"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0-NA"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0-rc"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0-rc"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0-rc2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0-rc2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0-rc3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0-rc3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.0-rc",
            "3.0-rc2",
            "3.0-rc3",
            "3.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-40829.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T02:47:32.500350101Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/726232111/CodeIgniter3.1.13-SQL-Inject/blob/main/README.md",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40829.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40829",
        "https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/6161"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "isDisputed": true,
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40829.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-40829",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 404286,
  "published_at": "2022-10-07T00:00:00+00:00"
}