{"id":59848,"date":"2025-08-03T12:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T12:41:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:18:50","slug":"cve-2025-54418-codeigniter-command-injection-vulnerability-in-image-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54418-codeigniter-command-injection-vulnerability-in-image-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-54418: CodeIgniter Command Injection Vulnerability in Image Processing<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recently identified vulnerability, CVE-2025-54418, has been discovered in the PHP full-stack web framework, CodeIgniter. This vulnerability can lead to command injection attacks, potentially compromising systems or leading to data leakage. It specifically affects applications that use the ImageMagick handler (`imagick` as the image library) for image processing and allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54439-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67038\">file uploads<\/a> with user-controlled filenames or use user-controlled text content or options. As such, all organizations and developers using affected versions of CodeIgniter need to be aware of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-25178-critical-luajit-vulnerability-puts-systems-at-risk-of-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71520\">risks and take immediate action to secure their systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-54418<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54444-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-code-injection-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67252\">injection leading<\/a> to potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-135224667\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>CodeIgniter | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55010-arbitrary-php-object-instantiation-in-kanboard-prior-to-version-1-2-47\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78044\">versions prior<\/a> to 4.6.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21486-severe-memory-corruption-vulnerability-during-dynamic-process-creation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71518\">vulnerability arises due to the way CodeIgniter handles image processing<\/a> with ImageMagick. If an application uses the `resize()` method to process uploaded images with user-controlled filenames or the `text()` method with user-controlled text content or options, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42959-unauthenticated-replay-attack-exploiting-hmac-reuse\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71519\">attacker can exploit<\/a> this vulnerability.<br \/>\nThe attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7443-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-berqwp-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69034\">upload a file<\/a> with a malicious filename containing shell metacharacters that get executed when the image is processed. Alternatively, they can provide malicious text content or options that get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8723-cloudflare-image-resizing-plugin-for-wordpress-remote-code-execution-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80955\">executed when adding text to images<\/a>. This can lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7097-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-comodo-internet-security-premium\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68213\">command injection<\/a> attacks, potentially compromising the entire system or leading to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4070205046\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual example of a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9872-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ivanti-endpoint-manager-due-to-insufficient-filename-validation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89163\">filename that an attacker could use to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&#039;; rm -rf \/;&#039;.jpg<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>If an application uses this filename to process an image, the shell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54416-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-tj-actions-branch-names-github-action\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69572\">command `rm -rf \/` would be executed<\/a>, deleting all files on the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users should upgrade to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50738-memos-application-vulnerability-allows-for-unauthorized-user-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69689\">CodeIgniter<\/a> version 4.6.2 or later to receive a patch that fixes this vulnerability. Alternatively, they can switch to the GD image handler (`gd`, the default handler), which is not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43209-high-risk-out-of-bounds-access-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-apple-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69688\">affected by this vulnerability<\/a>.<br \/>\nFor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29009-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-medical-prescription-attachment-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69039\">file upload<\/a> scenarios, users should generate random names to eliminate the attack vector with `getRandomName()` when using the `move()` method, or use the `store()` method, which automatically generates safe filenames. For text operations, if one must use ImageMagick with user-controlled text, sanitize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24325-improper-input-validation-in-intel-r-800-series-ethernet-driver-allows-potential-escalation-of-privilege\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80487\">input to only allow<\/a> safe characters and validate\/restrict text options.<br \/>\nIn addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31100-unrestricted-file-upload-leads-to-web-shell-deployment-in-mojoomla-school-management\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84722\">deploying a Web<\/a> Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as temporary mitigation against this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A recently identified vulnerability, CVE-2025-54418, has been discovered in the PHP full-stack web framework, CodeIgniter. This vulnerability can lead to command injection attacks, potentially compromising systems or leading to data leakage. It specifically affects applications that use the ImageMagick handler (`imagick` as the image library) for image processing and allow file uploads with user-controlled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[78],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59848"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81989,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59848\/revisions\/81989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59848"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59848"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59848"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59848"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59848"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59848"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}