📄 Description (English)
ImpressCMS 1.3.11 contains a time-based blind SQL injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the 'bid' parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin.php endpoint with malicious 'bid' values containing SQL commands to extract sensitive database information.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
ImpressCMS 1.3.11 contains a time-based blind SQL injection vulnerability in the admin.php endpoint affecting authenticated users. Attackers can manipulate the 'bid' parameter to inject SQL commands and extract sensitive database information. With no patch available and exploits publicly available, this poses an immediate risk to organizations using this CMS for content management and administrative functions.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 9, 2026 23:38
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability primarily impacts Saudi government entities, educational institutions, and small-to-medium enterprises using ImpressCMS for website and content management. Government agencies under NCA oversight and educational institutions managing student/citizen portals are at highest risk. The SQL injection could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive citizen data, administrative credentials, and confidential government information. Healthcare organizations using ImpressCMS for patient portals face HIPAA-equivalent compliance violations under Saudi healthcare regulations.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government (NCA-regulated entities)
Education (Universities and schools)
Healthcare (Patient portals)
Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Non-profit organizations
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
7.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all ImpressCMS 1.3.11 instances in your environment using network scanning and asset inventory tools
2. Restrict access to admin.php endpoint using Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules - allow only trusted administrative IP ranges
3. Implement input validation: reject any 'bid' parameter containing SQL keywords (SELECT, UNION, OR, AND, etc.)
4. Enable database query logging to detect exploitation attempts
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (until upgrade possible):
5. Deploy WAF rules to block time-based SQL injection patterns: responses with unusual delays, SLEEP(), BENCHMARK() functions
6. Implement database user privilege separation - ensure CMS database user has minimal required permissions (no DROP, ALTER, CREATE)
7. Apply database activity monitoring (DAM) to alert on suspicious queries
8. Enforce strong authentication for admin.php access (MFA if possible)
PATCHING STRATEGY:
9. Upgrade to ImpressCMS 1.4.x or later version when available
10. If upgrade not feasible, consider migrating to actively maintained CMS alternatives (WordPress with security hardening, Drupal, Joomla with latest patches)
DETECTION RULES:
11. Monitor POST requests to admin.php with 'bid' parameter containing: UNION, SELECT, OR 1=1, SLEEP, BENCHMARK, WAITFOR
12. Alert on response times >5 seconds from admin.php endpoint
13. Log all database queries containing UNION SELECT or time-delay functions
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع نسخ ImpressCMS 1.3.11 في بيئتك باستخدام أدوات المسح والجرد
2. تقييد الوصول إلى نقطة نهاية admin.php باستخدام قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب - السماح فقط بنطاقات IP الإدارية الموثوقة
3. تطبيق التحقق من صحة الإدخال: رفض أي معامل 'bid' يحتوي على كلمات SQL (SELECT, UNION, OR, AND، إلخ)
4. تفعيل تسجيل استعلامات قاعدة البيانات للكشف عن محاولات الاستغلال
الضوابط البديلة:
5. نشر قواعد WAF لحجب أنماط حقن SQL القائمة على الوقت: الاستجابات بتأخيرات غير عادية، وظائف SLEEP و BENCHMARK
6. تطبيق فصل امتيازات مستخدم قاعدة البيانات - التأكد من أن مستخدم قاعدة بيانات CMS لديه الحد الأدنى من الأذونات المطلوبة
7. تطبيق مراقبة نشاط قاعدة البيانات للتنبيه عن الاستعلامات المريبة
8. فرض المصادقة القوية لوصول admin.php (MFA إن أمكن)
استراتيجية التصحيح:
9. الترقية إلى ImpressCMS 1.4.x أو إصدار أحدث عند توفره
10. إذا لم يكن الترقية ممكنة، فكر في الهجرة إلى بدائل CMS مدعومة بنشاط
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy and procedures
A.14.2.5 - Secure development environment
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
A.12.2.1 - Monitoring and logging of access to information
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 - Asset management and vulnerability identification
PR.AC-1 - Access control and authentication
DE.CM-1 - Detection and monitoring of unauthorized access
RS.MI-1 - Incident response and mitigation
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.2.1 - Information systems audit logging
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
A.14.2.5 - Secure development environment
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
6.2 - Security patches and updates
6.5.1 - Injection flaws prevention
10.2 - User access logging and monitoring
🔗 References & Sources 4
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http://www.impresscms.org/
disclosure@vulncheck.com
Product
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/impresscms/files/v1.3.11/impresscms_1.3.11.zip
disclosure@vulncheck.com
Product
🔗
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46239
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Exploit
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
🔗
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/impresscms-sql-injection-via-bid-parameter
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Third Party Advisory
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
impresscms:impresscms:1.3.11