CVE-2020-36655 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Yii Yii2 Gii before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Generator.php messageCategory field. The attacker can embed arbitrary PHP code into the model file.

Published: 2023-01-21

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 4.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yiiframework:gii:*:*:*:*:*:yii2:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0322	Yii Yii2 Gii before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Generator.php messageCategory field. The attacker can embed arbitrary PHP code into the model file.
Github GHSA	GHSA-3mpg-q26j-83j5	Command injection in yiisoft/yii2-gii

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04201.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-gii/issues/433
https://lab.wallarm.com/yii2-gii-remote-code-execution/

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Yiiframework Gii

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T13:48:32.246Z

Reserved: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36655

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.465Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-21T01:15:12.343

Modified: 2025-04-02T14:15:35.580

Link: CVE-2020-36655

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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