CVE-2018-16763 — FUEL CMS 1

FUEL CMS 1.4.1 allows PHP Code Evaluation via the pages/select/ filter parameter or the preview/ data parameter. This can lead to Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

FUEL CMS 1.4.1 allows PHP Code Evaluation via the pages/select/ filter parameter or the preview/ data parameter. This can lead to Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-09-09T21:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T10:32:54.076Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/issues/478
• 0xd0ff9.wordpress.com — https://0xd0ff9.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/from-code-evaluation-to-pre-auth-remote…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47138
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153696/fuelCMS-1.4.1-Remote-Code-Execution.…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160080/Fuel-CMS-1.4-Remote-Code-Execution.h…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164756/Fuel-CMS-1.4.1-Remote-Code-Execution…