Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
yiisoft/yii2-framework
master @ b9d2209
2
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
Highlights
Local File Inclusion: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.
base/View.php: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
2 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Local File Inclusion: Variable scope pollution inside rendering functions allowed parameters to override internal template path variables, leading to arbitrary file inclusion. Developers must ensure isolated execution contexts (e.g., using anonymous closures or strict variable extractions) so that user-supplied view parameters cannot manipulate the target file path.
Path Traversal: The translation framework accepted message categories that could contain directory traversal sequences or stream-wrapper schemes. This allowed malicious requests to escape the translation directory and include arbitrary local files. Hardening requires strict regular expression validation on translation keys and category names before dynamic file resolution.