# CVE-2022-39284: Secure or HttpOnly flag set in Config\\Cookie is not reflected in Cookies issued in Codeigniter4

- Also known as: GHSA-745P-R637-7VVP, BIT-CODEIGNITER-2022-39284
- Severity: CVSS 2.6 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.7
- Published: 2022-10-06 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- CodeIgniter4: fixed in 4.2.7
- codeigniter4/framework (Packagist): fixed in 4.2.7

## Description

CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework. In versions prior to 4.2.7 setting `$secure` or `$httponly` value to `true` in `Config\Cookie` is not reflected in `set_cookie()` or `Response::setCookie()`. As a result cookie values are erroneously exposed to scripts. It should be noted that this vulnerability does not affect session cookies. Users are advised to upgrade to v4.2.7 or later. Users unable to upgrade are advised to manually construct their cookies either by setting the options in code or by constructing Cookie objects. Examples of each workaround are available in the linked GHSA.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CodeIgniter4, codeigniter4/framework, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.7) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-745p-r637-7vvp
- https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/issues/6540
- https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/pull/6544
- https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/helpers/cookie_helper.html#set_cookie
- https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/outgoing/response.html#CodeIgniter%5CHTTP%5CResponse::setCookie
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies#restrict_access_to_cookies

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