{"id":25329,"date":"2025-04-16T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:21:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-25T00:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T00:18:26","slug":"cve-2024-58136-critical-vulnerability-in-yii-2-framework-leading-to-potential-system-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-58136-critical-vulnerability-in-yii-2-framework-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-58136: Critical Vulnerability in Yii 2 Framework Leading to Potential System Compromise<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2024-58136 is a severe vulnerability discovered in Yii 2, a high-performance component-based PHP framework used for developing modern web applications. This vulnerability, if exploited, allows attackers to manipulate the behavior of Yii 2 web applications, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<br \/>\nGiven that Yii 2 is widely used in web development, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/airborne-cybersecurity-the-threat-of-vulnerable-software-and-outdated-tech-in-the-aviation-industry\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"30834\">vulnerability presents a significant threat<\/a> to numerous applications, their developers, and their users. Thus, understanding the nature of CVE-2024-58136 and how to mitigate it is of utmost importance for all stakeholders in the web <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/ai-driven-cybersecurity-in-software-development-the-ann-ism-paradigm\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32930\">development and cybersecurity<\/a> ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-58136<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS score 9.0)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-33113-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31331\">System compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1593226926\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Yii 2 | Before 2.0.52<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32754-critical-ssh-host-key-vulnerability-in-jenkins-ssh-agent-docker-images\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32481\">Yii<\/a> 2&#8217;s mishandling of the attaching of behavior defined by an &#8216;class array key. This mishandling, a regression related to CVE-2024-4990, enables an attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23186-sap-netweaver-application-server-abap-vulnerability-exposing-remote-credentials\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31297\">remotely inject malicious behaviors into the application<\/a>.<br \/>\nWhen exploited, this vulnerability allows the attacker to manipulate application behavior, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0576-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29360\">potentially leading<\/a> to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or system compromise. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/fortinet-s-fortigate-vulnerability-ssl-vpn-symlink-exploit-puts-user-access-at-risk-post-patching\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"30059\">vulnerability was exploited<\/a> in the wild between February and April 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3734604984\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-50123-exploitable-vulnerability-in-hozard-alarm-system-sms-authentication\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34915\">vulnerability might be exploited<\/a>. Please note that this is a simplified example, and real-world exploits may be more complex.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;?php\n\/\/ Malicious behavior\n$malicious_behavior = [\n&#039;class&#039; =&gt; &#039;app\\components\\MaliciousBehavior&#039;,\n];\n\/\/ Attaching the behavior to the application\nYii::$app-&gt;attachBehavior(&#039;malicious_behavior&#039;, $malicious_behavior);\n?&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is attaching a malicious behavior defined in the &#8216;app\\components\\MaliciousBehavior&#8217; class to the Yii 2 application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations for Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0539-critical-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-w9-1-0-0-7-4456\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29176\">critical vulnerability<\/a>, users of Yii 2 are strongly advised to update their framework to version 2.0.52 or later, where the issue has been addressed. If immediate patching is not feasible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31491-critical-vulnerability-in-autogpt-leads-to-leakage-of-cross-domain-cookies-and-protected-headers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34250\">protection by detecting and blocking attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. However, these are temporary solutions and updating the Yii 2 version remains the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/a-comprehensive-guide-to-cyber-attacks-effective-strategies-to-shield-yourself-and-your-business\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29307\">effective mitigation strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2024-58136 is a severe vulnerability discovered in Yii 2, a high-performance component-based PHP framework used for developing modern web applications. This vulnerability, if exploited, allows attackers to manipulate the behavior of Yii 2 web applications, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Given that Yii 2 is widely used in web development, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-25329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25329"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30679,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25329\/revisions\/30679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=25329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}