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CVE-2020-15148 (GCVE-0-2020-15148)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-15 18:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:08
VLAI
Title
Unsafe deserialization in Yii 2
Summary
Yii 2 (yiisoft/yii2) before version 2.0.38 is vulnerable to remote code execution if the application calls `unserialize()` on arbitrary user input. This is fixed in version 2.0.38. A possible workaround without upgrading is available in the linked advisory.
Severity
8.9 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - {"CWE-502":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data"}
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
yiisoft yii2 Affected: < 2.0.38
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