CVE-2018-8074 Yii Framework Code Injection

High 8.1 Published Updated

Attackers can inject unintended search conditions in Yii applications using the Elasticsearch extension, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-8074?

CVE-2018-8074 is a high-severity code 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

Yii 2.x before 2.0.15 allows remote attackers to inject unintended search conditions via a variant of the CVE-2018-7269 attack in conjunction with the Elasticsearch extension.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8074?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
yiisoft/yii2-dev PackagistFrom 2.0.02.0.15
yiisoft/yii2-dev PackagistFrom 2.0.02.0.15
yiisoft/yii2-elasticsearch PackagistAll versions2.0.5
yiisoft/yii2-elasticsearch PackagistAll versions2.0.5

Products include Yiiframework Yii.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8074?

Upgrade yiisoft/yii2-dev to 2.0.15 or later.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2018-8074 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8074 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m2p5-fwp2-qcw2.

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