High

Prevent RCE when deserializing untrusted user input

  • Disclosed: 21.11.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Affected versions of yiisoft/yii are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) if the application calls unserialize() on arbitrary user input.

Patches

Upgrade yiisoft/yii to version 1.1.27 or higher.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package yiisoft/yii < 1.1.27 1.1.27

References

CVSS score 8.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Platform
Composer
Package
yiisoft/yii
Disclosed
21.11.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-442f-wcwq-fpcf - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: yiisoft/yii

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
4
First → latest
05.2022 04.2025
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 2
  2. 2023: 1
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 1
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Prevent RCE when deserializing untrusted user input this entry
    High · 8.1 CVE-2022-41922 < 1.1.27 1.1.27
  2. High CVE-2014-4672 >= 1.1.14, < 1.1.15 1.1.15

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