Actively exploited in the wild. This CVE is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list — treat remediation as urgent. Federal remediation due by 23 May 2025.
YiiApplication · Yiiframework

CVE-2024-58136

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 2.0.52 or later.
See remediation →
100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
In the wild High EPSS Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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 February through April 2025.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Yii 2 before 2.0.52 has a vulnerability in its behavior attachment mechanism where behaviors defined with an __class array key are mishandled. This is a regression of CVE-2024-4990 and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted behavior attachments. The vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild between February and April 2025.

MitigationUpgrade Yii 2 to version 2.0.52 or later to patch the vulnerability. Review existing code for any behavior attachments using the __class key pattern as part of the upgrade process.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
YiiApplication
Affected:< 2.0.52

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Check installed Yii 2 framework version
    Run 'composer show yiisoft/yii2' or inspect your composer.json/composer.lock file for the yiisoft/yii2 package version
    Affected if The version is below 2.0.52 (e.g., 2.0.51, 2.0.50, etc.)
  2. Identify behavior configurations using __class key
    Search your application codebase for behavior definitions that include a '__class' array key, commonly found in behaviors() methods within controllers or components
    Affected if Any component or controller defines behaviors using the __class array key format
  3. Review dynamic behavior attachment logic
    Search code for calls to attachBehavior, setBehaviors, or similar methods that accept user-controlled or external input
    Affected if Application code dynamically attaches behaviors from untrusted input sources

You are affected if your Yii 2 version is below 2.0.52 and your codebase contains behavior definitions using the __class array key or accepts behavior attachments from untrusted sources.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 2.0.52 or later
Fixed in 2.0.52
Vendor patch github.com →
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Yii 2 to version 2.0.52 or later to patch the vulnerability. Review existing code for any behavior attachments using the __class key pattern as part of the upgrade process.

Recommended fix High confidence

Yii 2.0.52

  1. 1. Identify the current Yii 2 version in use by checking the composer.json file for 'yiisoft/yii2' version constraint
  2. 2. Update the composer.json file to require 'yiisoft/yii2' version '2.0.52' or higher (e.g., '"yiisoft/yii2": "^2.0.52"')
  3. 3. Run 'composer update yiisoft/yii2' or 'composer update' to install the fixed version
  4. 4. Run application tests to verify the upgrade does not break existing functionality
  5. 5. Deploy the updated application to production
Caveat Standard framework upgrade; review Yii 2.0.52 release notes for any migration notes and test thoroughly before production deployment

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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