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CVE-2020-17463 — Fuel CMS SQL Injection Vulnerability

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HIGH severity🔴 Actively Exploited · CISA KEV

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Overview

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

Vulnerability details

CVE ID: CVE-2020-17463
Vulnerability: Fuel CMS SQL Injection Vulnerability
Vendor: Fuel CMS
Affected products: Fuel CMS: Fuel CMS
Severity: HIGH
Exploitation status: Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
Published: 2021-12-10

Remediation guidance

CVE-2020-17463 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for Fuel CMS the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

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