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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-6009

In Yii Framework 2.x before 2.0.14, the switchIdentity function in web/User.php did not regenerate the CSRF token upon a change of identity.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-6009

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Jan 2018, 22:29 UTC

In Yii Framework 2.x before 2.0.14, the switchIdentity function in web/User.php did not regenerate the CSRF token upon a change of identity.

osv:CVE-2018-6009
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6009",
  "method": "structured",
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