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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-15148

Yii 2 (yiisoft/yii2) before version 2.0.38 is vulnerable to remote code execution if the application calls `unserialize()` on arbitrary user input. This is fixed in version 2.0.38. A possible workaround without upgrading is available in the linked advisory.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-15148

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Sept 2020, 19:15 UTC

Yii 2 (yiisoft/yii2) before version 2.0.38 is vulnerable to remote code execution if the application calls `unserialize()` on arbitrary user input. This is fixed in version 2.0.38. A possible workaround without upgrading is available in the linked advisory.

osv:CVE-2020-15148
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15148",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Yii 2 (yiisoft/yii2) before version 2.0.38 is vulnerable to remote code execution if the application calls `unserialize()` on arbitrary user input. This is fixed in version 2.0.38. A possible workaround without upgrading is available in the linked advisory.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:47.544399008Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383826,
  "published_at": "2020-09-15T19:15:12.963+00:00"
}