CVE-2020-17463 — Fuel CMS SQL Injection Vulnerability

FUEL CMS 1.4.7 allows SQL Injection via the col parameter to /pages/items, /permissions/items, or /navigation/items.

01What is this vulnerability?

FUEL CMS 1.4.7 allows SQL Injection via the col parameter to /pages/items, /permissions/items, or /navigation/items.

02Affected products

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

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2021-12-10. Ransomware use: Unknown.

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: 2020-08-13T12:28:57.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-10-21T23:35:38.419Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2021-12-10
• BOD 22-01 due: 2022-06-10

09References

• cwe.mitre.org — https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
• getfuelcms.com — https://getfuelcms.com
• github.com — https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/archive/master.zip
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158840/Fuel-CMS-1.4.7-SQL-Injection.html
• github.com — https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/releases/tag/1.4.8