Security advisory

{
  "id": "757c3923436916f61111929cc5d7744fc4cb67b1ccd932c244012ba85305cb8e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36655",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-36655",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-36655",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-36655",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-36655",
        "GHSA-3mpg-q26j-83j5"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-gii",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "68efc6fb830feccfaa43354817b5bcd36c7bd5a8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:yiiframework:gii:*:*:*:*:*:yii2:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.2.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.2.1",
            "2.2.0",
            "2.1.4",
            "2.1.3",
            "2.1.2",
            "2.1.1",
            "2.1.0",
            "2.0.8",
            "2.0.7",
            "2.0.6",
            "2.0.5",
            "2.0.4",
            "2.0.3",
            "2.0.2",
            "2.0.1",
            "2.0.0",
            "2.0.0-rc",
            "2.0.0-beta"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36655.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:22.226809353Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-gii/issues/433",
        "https://lab.wallarm.com/yii2-gii-remote-code-execution/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-36655",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385210,
  "published_at": "2023-01-21T01:15:12.343+00:00"
}