📄 Description (English)
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.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
FUEL CMS 1.4.7 contains a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVSSv3: 9.0) affecting the 'col' parameter across multiple endpoints including /pages/items, /permissions/items, and /navigation/items. An attacker can exploit this flaw to extract sensitive data, bypass authentication, or potentially achieve remote code execution on the underlying database server. A public exploit is available, significantly lowering the barrier for exploitation. Organizations running FUEL CMS 1.4.7 or earlier should treat this as an urgent remediation priority.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 18, 2026 21:29
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi government portals, municipal websites, and SME digital platforms built on FUEL CMS are directly at risk. The energy sector (Saudi Aramco affiliates and contractors), healthcare portals, and e-government services using this CMS could expose citizen PII, operational data, and authentication credentials. Given Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 digital transformation push, many newly developed web platforms may leverage open-source CMS solutions like FUEL CMS, expanding the attack surface. Banking and financial institutions under SAMA oversight that use FUEL CMS for public-facing portals risk regulatory non-compliance if customer data is exfiltrated. Telecom providers (STC, Mobily, Zain) using this CMS for customer-facing web applications are also at elevated risk.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Healthcare
Energy
Telecom
Education
Retail
SME/Digital Startups
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all instances of FUEL CMS 1.4.7 or earlier in your environment using asset inventory tools.
2. Isolate affected systems from public internet access if patching cannot be performed immediately.
3. Review web server and database logs for suspicious SQL injection patterns targeting /pages/items, /permissions/items, and /navigation/items endpoints.
PATCHING GUIDANCE:
4. Upgrade FUEL CMS to the latest patched version immediately (versions above 1.4.7 address this vulnerability).
5. Verify patch integrity after installation and re-test affected endpoints.
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patch unavailable):
6. Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to block SQL injection attempts on the affected endpoints — block requests containing SQL metacharacters (', --, ;, UNION, SELECT) in the 'col' parameter.
7. Implement strict input validation and parameterized queries at the application layer.
8. Restrict database user privileges to minimum required (principle of least privilege).
9. Enable database activity monitoring to detect anomalous query patterns.
DETECTION RULES:
10. SIEM rule: Alert on HTTP requests to /pages/items, /permissions/items, or /navigation/items containing SQL keywords in query parameters.
11. IDS/IPS signature: Detect UNION-based or error-based SQL injection payloads in GET/POST parameters.
12. Monitor for unusual database query volumes or error spikes in application logs.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع نسخ FUEL CMS 1.4.7 أو الأقدم في بيئتك باستخدام أدوات جرد الأصول.
2. عزل الأنظمة المتأثرة عن الإنترنت العام إذا تعذّر التصحيح الفوري.
3. مراجعة سجلات خادم الويب وقاعدة البيانات بحثًا عن أنماط حقن SQL المشبوهة التي تستهدف نقاط النهاية المذكورة.
إرشادات التصحيح:
4. ترقية FUEL CMS إلى أحدث إصدار مُصحَّح فورًا (الإصدارات الأحدث من 1.4.7 تعالج هذه الثغرة).
5. التحقق من سلامة التصحيح بعد التثبيت وإعادة اختبار نقاط النهاية المتأثرة.
ضوابط التعويض (إذا تعذّر التصحيح):
6. نشر قاعدة جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) لحظر محاولات حقن SQL على نقاط النهاية المتأثرة.
7. تطبيق التحقق الصارم من المدخلات والاستعلامات المعلمية على مستوى التطبيق.
8. تقييد صلاحيات مستخدم قاعدة البيانات بالحد الأدنى المطلوب.
9. تفعيل مراقبة نشاط قاعدة البيانات للكشف عن أنماط الاستعلام الشاذة.
قواعد الكشف:
10. قاعدة SIEM: تنبيه على طلبات HTTP الموجهة لنقاط النهاية المتأثرة والتي تحتوي على كلمات مفتاحية لـ SQL.
11. توقيع IDS/IPS: الكشف عن حمولات حقن SQL في معاملات GET/POST.
12. مراقبة الارتفاع غير المعتاد في حجم استعلامات قاعدة البيانات أو أخطاء التطبيق.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC-2-1: Cybersecurity Risk Management
ECC-3-3-3: Web Application Security
ECC-3-3-6: Vulnerability Management
ECC-3-3-7: Penetration Testing
ECC-3-3-1: Network Security — WAF deployment
🔵 SAMA CSF
3.3.3 — Vulnerability Management
3.3.5 — Application Security
3.3.6 — Threat Management and Monitoring
3.4.2 — Data Protection and Privacy
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.8.8 — Management of technical vulnerabilities
A.8.25 — Secure development life cycle
A.8.26 — Application security requirements
A.8.28 — Secure coding
A.8.9 — Configuration management
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
Requirement 6.2 — Bespoke and custom software are developed securely
Requirement 6.3 — Security vulnerabilities are identified and addressed
Requirement 6.4 — Public-facing web applications are protected against attacks
Requirement 11.3 — External and internal vulnerabilities are regularly identified
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
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