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CodeIgniter 4 Security Verification and Remediation Plan
Objective
Perform a comprehensive security assessment of the CodeIgniter 4 application, identify vulnerabilities, implement fixes, verify remediation, and produce a complete audit trail of all findings and corrections.
Mandatory Requirement
Every vulnerability that is fixed must be documented immediately in the remediation report.
No fix may be marked complete without evidence of verification and retesting.
Scope
- CodeIgniter 4 configuration
- Controllers
- Models
- Views
- Routes
- Filters
- Authentication and Authorization
- API endpoints
- Session handling
- File uploads
- Composer dependencies
Steps
- Environment and Debug Configuration Review
- CSRF Protection Verification
- XSS Protection Review
- SQL Injection Review
- Input Validation Review
- Authentication Security Review
- Authorization Review
- Route and Filter Review
- File Upload Security Review
- Session and Cookie Security Review
- Dependency Audit
- Secret Scanning
- Automated Security Scan (OWASP ZAP)
- Manual Abuse Testing
- Generate Security Fix Report
Security Fix Report Requirements
Executive Summary
- Assessment date
- Reviewer
- Total findings
- Fixed findings
- Open findings
- Overall risk level
Vulnerability Inventory
- ID
- Severity
- Category
- Location
- Status
Detailed Remediation Record
- Finding
- Risk
- Location
- Evidence
- Remediation
- Before/After code
- Verification
- Result
Deliverables
- security-verification-plan.md
- security-fix-report.md
- security-fix-report.pdf
- security-findings.json
Success Criteria
An independent reviewer must be able to:
- Reproduce findings
- Verify fixes
- Audit changes
- Review remaining risks
- Approve or reject deployment based on evidence