CVE-2018-8074 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Yii 2.x versions prior to 2.0.15, specifically when used with the Elasticsearch extension. It allows remote attackers to inject unintended search conditions, a variant of the CVE-2018-7269 attack, due to improper input sanitization (CWE-94). The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 8.1 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yiiframework:yii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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