Improper protection of alternate path in Yii - CVE-2024-58136
Published: April 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107992
CSH Severity: Critical
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:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-58136
CWE-ID: CWE-424
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Yii Software
Affected software:
Yii
Yii
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper protection of alternate path in framework/base/Component.php. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild since February 2025.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-58136
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/commit/40fe496eda529fd1d933b56a1022ec32d3cd0b12
- https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/compare/2.0.51...2.0.52
- https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/pull/20232
- https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/pull/20232#issuecomment-2252459709
- https://www.yiiframework.com/news/709/please-upgrade-to-yii-2-0-52