CVE-2018-7269 Yii SQL injection vulnerability

What is CVE-2018-7269?

CVE-2018-7269 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The findByCondition function in framework/db/ActiveRecord.php in Yii 2.x before 2.0.15 allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via a findOne() or findAll() call, unless a developer recognizes an undocumented need to sanitize array input.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7269?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including yiisoft/yii2-dev. It affects 1 product.

Products include Yiiframework Yii.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7269?

Upgrade yiisoft/yii2-dev to a fixed version for your release line: 2.0.12.1, 2.0.13.2 or 2.0.15.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2018-7269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2024-58136 Yiiframework Yii Improper Protection of Alternate Path Exploited Critical 9.0
• CVE-2015-5467 Yii2 allows attackers to execute any local .php file via a relative path in the view parameter Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-26750 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-8073 yii2-redis Potential Remote code execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-15148 Unsafe deserialization in Yii 2 High 8.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hhg2-g6h6-c266.