High

Command injection in yiisoft/yii2-gii

  • Disclosed: 21.01.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package yiisoft/yii2-gii < 2.2.2 2.2.2

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
Platform
Composer
Package
yiisoft/yii2-gii
Disclosed
21.01.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-3mpg-q26j-83j5 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: yiisoft/yii2-gii

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
2
First → latest
12.2022 01.2023
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 1
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Command injection in yiisoft/yii2-gii this entry
    High · 8.8 CVE-2020-36655 < 2.2.2 2.2.2
  2. Medium · 5.4 CVE-2022-34297 <= 2.2.4 no fix

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