CVE-2020-12461 — PHP-Fusion 9
PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allows SQL Injection because maincore.php has an insufficient protection mechanism. An attacker can develop a crafted payload that can be inserted into the sort_order GET parameter on the members.php members search page. This parameter allows for control over a
Published
2020-04-29T16:14:26.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T11:56:52.071Z
01What is this vulnerability?
PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allows SQL Injection because maincore.php has an insufficient protection mechanism. An attacker can develop a crafted payload that can be inserted into the sort_order GET parameter on the members.php members search page. This parameter allows for control over anything after the ORDER BY clause in the SQL query.
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: 2020-04-29T16:14:26.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:56:52.071Z
09References
- hackmd.io — https://hackmd.io/lq7nA3ISSoeiGjiHVn5CoA
- github.com — https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/issues/2308
- github.com — https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/858e43d7b0ea1897f76d5bcb3a1aed43…
- github.com — https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/d95cd4a2d22487723266c898b98e6be1…
- github.com — https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/79fe5ec1d5c75e017a6f42127741b954…
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