CVE-2024-58136KEV · OVERDUECWE-424

Yiiframework Yii Improper Protection of Alternate Path Vulnerability

Critical · published April 10, 2025

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Confirmed exploited, and the score agrees

CVSS calls it critical at 9.0. It is confirmed in active exploitation. It sits in the 99.8th percentile for exploit probability.

519
days past CISA
deadline
CVSS v3.1
9.0
EPSS
88%
Percentile
99.8
In the wild
Confirmed
What it is

🚨 Yii 2 is playing a dangerous game with behavior attachment! A critical flaw in versions before 2.0.52 allows attackers to exploit this mishandling, leading to devastating consequences. 🔥 Think of it as a hotel using a faulty system to assign room keys based on unsorted guest lists. If the wrong information gets in, anyone could waltz into any room, compromising your privacy and security! An attacker could gain unauthorized access to sensitive areas of your application, potentially leading to data leaks, unauthorized changes, or even complete system takeover. This is absolutely devastating for any organization relying on Yii 2 to safeguard their assets!

Put simply

Think of it as a hotel using a faulty system to assign room keys based on unsorted guest lists. If the wrong information gets in, anyone could waltz into any room, compromising your privacy and security! This vulnerability occurs when Yii 2 improperly handles the attaching of behavior defined by an __class array key, stemming from a regression issue linked to CVE-2024-4990. Attackers can exploit this flaw to execute unauthorized actions within the application.

What to do

An attacker could gain unauthorized access to sensitive areas of your application, potentially leading to data leaks, unauthorized changes, or even complete system takeover. This is absolutely devastating for any organization relying on Yii 2 to safeguard their assets! Immediately update Yii 2 to version 2.0.52 or later to close this vulnerability. Review your application's behavior attachments for any unusual changes and audit your logs for suspicious activity. Don't delay on this one! You've got this! Patch up and secure your application like the security hero you are! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.0 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.87757 · 99.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-424 · Improper Protection of Alternate Path
Published
2025-04-10T00:00Z
KEV added
2025-05-02 · due 2025-05-23
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAY 00:00Z
    Added to CISA KEV — remediate by May 23
    kev
  • 10 APR 00:00Z
    Yii 2 before 2.0.52 mishandles the attaching of behavior that is defined by an __class array key, a CVE-2024-4990 regression, as exploited in the wild in…
    cvelistv5