Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2024-58136

Yii

Yiiframework / Yii · affected before 2.0.52

Severity
CVSS 9.0 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
87.8%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-58136 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Yiiframework Yii. Yii 2 before 2.0.52 mishandles the attaching of behavior that is defined by an __class array key, a CVE-2024-4990 regression, as exploited...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Yiiframework / Yii affected before 2.0.52.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Yii

Yii 2 before 2.0.52 mishandles the attaching of behavior that is defined by an __class array key, a CVE-2024-4990 regression, as exploited in the wild in February through April 2025.

yiiframework Affected
Yii
Before 2.0.52
Published
10 Apr 2025
Exploitation Reported
02 May 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

nuclei_scanner cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 02 May 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

Nuclei Templates

Recorded 12 Jun 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
All CISA Advisories First 2025-05-05 08:35 UTC
CISA 2026-06-02 14:08 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.0 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

87.8%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Recent mention · All CISA Advisories

CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-34028 Commvault Command Center Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-58136 Yiiframework Yii Improper Protection of Alternate Path...

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All Mentions

Recent mention · All CISA Advisories

CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

All CISA Advisories · 02 May 2025

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-34028 Commvault Command Center Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-58136 Yiiframework Yii Improper Protection of Alternate Path Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a...

Recent mention · The Hacker News

Hackers Exploit Critical Craft CMS Flaws; Hundreds of Servers Likely Compromised

The Hacker News · 28 Apr 2025

Threat actors have been observed exploiting two newly disclosed critical security flaws in Craft CMS in zero-day attacks to breach servers and gain unauthorized access. The attacks, first observed by Orange Cyberdefense SensePost on February 14, 2025, involve chaining the below vulnerabilities - CVE-2024-58136 (CVSS score: 9.0) - An improper protection of alternate path flaw in the Yii PHP

Potential Proof of Concepts

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Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 14:21 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. 14:08 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. 15:34 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  4. 08:35 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  5. 00:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  6. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

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GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2024-58136

Sample API response
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-58136",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.0,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.87757,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}