OS Command Injection in CodeIgniter4 - CVE-2025-54418
Published: May 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132172
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54418
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CodeIgniter
Affected software:
CodeIgniter4
CodeIgniter4
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
The vulnerability exists due to command injection in the ImageMagick handler when processing uploaded images with user-controlled filenames via the resize() method or adding text to images with user-controlled text content or options via the text() method. A remote attacker can supply crafted filenames, text content, or text options to execute arbitrary commands.
Only applications using the imagick image library are affected.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-54418
Install security update from vendor's website.