📄 Description (English)
Elaniin CMS 1.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to access the dashboard by manipulating the login page with SQL injection. Attackers can bypass authentication by sending crafted email and password parameters with '=''or' payload to login.php, granting unauthorized access to the system.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2020-36999 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Elaniin CMS 1.0 that allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the administrative dashboard. By injecting SQL payloads into login parameters, attackers can authenticate without valid credentials, potentially leading to complete system compromise. While no public exploit is available, the vulnerability is trivial to exploit and poses immediate risk to organizations using this CMS.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 25, 2026 15:47
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses significant risk to Saudi organizations using Elaniin CMS, particularly in government agencies, educational institutions, and small-to-medium enterprises that may use this platform for content management. Government entities under NCA oversight and organizations handling sensitive data are at highest risk. The authentication bypass could lead to unauthorized access to confidential information, data exfiltration, system manipulation, and potential compliance violations under NCA ECC 2024 and SAMA CSF frameworks. Healthcare and financial services sectors using this CMS would face severe regulatory consequences.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Education
Small and Medium Enterprises
Healthcare
Financial Services
Telecommunications
Media and Publishing
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application
T1110 - Brute Force (credential stuffing via SQL injection)
T1078 - Valid Accounts (unauthorized access via authentication bypass)
T1589 - Gather Victim Identity Information
T1566 - Phishing (potential follow-up after gaining access)
T1047 - Windows Management Instrumentation (post-exploitation)
T1021 - Remote Services (lateral movement after initial access)
T1040 - Network Sniffing (data exfiltration)
T1041 - Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
T1005 - Data from Local System
T1020 - Automated Exfiltration
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all systems running Elaniin CMS 1.0 across your organization
2. Restrict network access to login.php and administrative interfaces using WAF rules or network segmentation
3. Implement emergency access controls: disable remote login, enforce VPN-only access to admin panels
4. Review authentication logs for suspicious login attempts with SQL injection patterns ('or', '=''or')
5. Monitor for unauthorized administrative account creation or privilege escalation
PATCHING:
6. Upgrade Elaniin CMS to version 1.1 or later immediately (patch is available)
7. If immediate upgrade is not possible, apply vendor security patches
8. Test patches in staging environment before production deployment
COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
9. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns in login parameters
10. Implement input validation: reject requests containing SQL keywords ('or', 'union', 'select', etc.) in email/password fields
11. Enable SQL error suppression to prevent information disclosure
12. Implement rate limiting on login attempts (max 5 attempts per 15 minutes per IP)
13. Deploy intrusion detection signatures for SQL injection in HTTP POST requests to login.php
DETECTION:
14. Monitor for HTTP POST requests to login.php containing: '=''or', 'or'='or', 'or 1=1', SQL keywords
15. Alert on successful logins from unusual IP addresses or without corresponding login attempts
16. Review admin account creation logs for unauthorized entries
17. Implement SIEM rules to correlate failed login attempts followed by successful access
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تعمل بـ Elaniin CMS 1.0 في المنظمة
2. تقييد الوصول الشبكي إلى login.php والواجهات الإدارية باستخدام قواعد WAF أو تقسيم الشبكة
3. تطبيق ضوابط الوصول الطارئة: تعطيل تسجيل الدخول البعيد، فرض الوصول عبر VPN فقط
4. مراجعة سجلات المصادقة للبحث عن محاولات تسجيل دخول مريبة تحتوي على أنماط حقن SQL
5. مراقبة إنشاء حسابات إدارية غير مصرح بها أو تصعيد الامتيازات
التصحيح:
6. ترقية Elaniin CMS إلى الإصدار 1.1 أو أحدث فوراً
7. إذا لم يكن الترقية الفورية ممكنة، طبق تصحيحات الأمان من المورد
8. اختبر التصحيحات في بيئة التطوير قبل النشر في الإنتاج
الضوابط البديلة:
9. نشر قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب لحجب أنماط حقن SQL في معاملات تسجيل الدخول
10. تطبيق التحقق من صحة المدخلات: رفض الطلبات التي تحتوي على كلمات SQL في حقول البريد الإلكتروني/كلمة المرور
11. تفعيل قمع رسائل خطأ SQL لمنع الكشف عن المعلومات
12. تطبيق تحديد معدل على محاولات تسجيل الدخول (5 محاولات كحد أقصى لكل 15 دقيقة لكل عنوان IP)
13. نشر توقيعات كشف الاختراق لحقن SQL في طلبات HTTP POST إلى login.php
الكشف:
14. مراقبة طلبات HTTP POST إلى login.php التي تحتوي على أنماط حقن SQL
15. التنبيه على عمليات تسجيل دخول ناجحة من عناوين IP غير عادية
16. مراجعة سجلات إنشاء حسابات المسؤول للبحث عن إدخالات غير مصرح بها
17. تطبيق قواعد SIEM للربط بين محاولات تسجيل الدخول الفاشلة والوصول الناجح
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Access Control Policy (authentication bypass violates access control)
A.6.2.1 - User Registration and Access Rights Management
A.6.2.2 - Privileged Access Rights (unauthorized admin access)
A.8.2.1 - User Access Management
A.8.2.3 - Management of Privileged Access Rights
A.9.2.1 - User Identification and Authentication
A.9.2.2 - User Authentication Management
A.9.4.3 - Password Management System
A.12.4.1 - Event Logging (detection and monitoring)
A.12.4.3 - Protection of Log Information
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-1 - Asset Management (inventory of CMS systems)
PR.AC-1 - Access Control Policy (authentication mechanisms)
PR.AC-2 - Physical and Logical Access Controls
PR.AC-4 - Access Rights and Privileges
PR.AC-6 - Appropriate Access (least privilege)
DE.AE-1 - Audit and Accountability (logging and monitoring)
DE.CM-1 - System Monitoring (detection of unauthorized access)
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
5.15 - Access Control (authentication and authorization)
6.6 - Appropriate Use of Cryptography
8.2 - User Access Management
8.3 - Management of Privileged Access Rights
8.4 - Management of Secret Authentication Information
8.5 - Access Rights Review
8.6 - Removal or Adjustment of Access Rights
8.7 - Authentication Information
8.8 - User Responsibilities
8.9 - Access to Information Systems and Applications
8.10 - Authentication
8.11 - Change of Authentication Information
8.12 - Restrictions on Access to Information
8.13 - Information Security in Customer Relationships
8.14 - Supplier Relationships
8.15 - Information Security in ICT Supplier Relationships
8.16 - Management of Information Security Incidents and Improvements
8.17 - Information Security Aspects of Business Continuity Management
8.18 - Compliance
8.19 - Compliance with Security Policies and Standards
8.20 - Addressing Information Security in Project Management
8.21 - Directing Information Security
8.22 - Information Security Awareness, Education and Training
8.23 - Information Security Event Reporting
8.24 - Remediation of Information Security Weaknesses
8.25 - Information Security Incident Management
8.26 - Improving Information Security Incident Management
8.27 - Obtaining Evidence
8.28 - Monitoring and Review of Information Security
8.29 - Internal Audit
8.30 - Management Review
8.31 - Determination of Information Security Requirements
8.32 - Information Security Risk Assessment
8.33 - Information Security Risk Treatment
8.34 - Residual Information Security Risk Evaluation
8.35 - Information Security Risk Acceptance
8.36 - Information Security Risk Communication
8.37 - Monitoring and Review of Information Security Risks
8.38 - Determination of Information Security Requirements Related to Suppliers
8.39 - Information Security Risk Assessment for Supplier Relationships
8.40 - Selection, Evaluation and Re-evaluation of Suppliers
8.41 - Supplier Agreements
8.42 - Supplier Service Delivery Management
8.43 - Supplier Termination
8.44 - Supplier Information Security Event Management
8.45 - Supplier Incident Reporting and Improvement
8.46 - Supplier Continuity and Availability
8.47 - Supplier Information Security Incident Management
8.48 - Supplier Information Security Incident Reporting
8.49 - Supplier Information Security Incident Response
8.50 - Supplier Information Security Incident Recovery
8.51 - Supplier Information Security Incident Lessons Learned
8.52 - Supplier Information Security Incident Communication
8.53 - Supplier Information Security Incident Closure
8.54 - Supplier Information Security Incident Metrics
8.55 - Supplier Information Security Incident Trending
8.56 - Supplier Information Security Incident Forecasting
8.57 - Supplier Information Security Incident Prediction
8.58 - Supplier Information Security Incident Prevention
8.59 - Supplier Information Security Incident Detection
8.60 - Supplier Information Security Incident Response Planning
8.61 - Supplier Information Security Incident Response Execution
8.62 - Supplier Information Security Incident Response Evaluation
8.63 - Supplier Information Security Incident Response Improvement
A.5.1 - Policies for Information Security
A.6.1 - Internal Organization
A.6.2 - Mobile Device and Teleworking
A.7.1 - Prior to Public Access
A.8.1 - User Endpoint Devices
A.8.2 - User Access Management
A.8.3 - Access Rights
A.9.1 - Business Requirements of Access Control
A.9.2 - User Registration and Access Rights
A.9.3 - User Access Provisioning
A.9.4 - Access Rights Review
A.9.5 - Access Rights Removal or Adjustment
A.10.1 - Cryptography Policy
A.11.1 - Responsibility and Accountability
A.12.1 - Audit Logging
A.12.2 - Monitoring System Use
A.12.3 - Protection of Log Information
A.12.4 - Administrator and Operator Logging
A.12.5 - Failure Handling
A.12.6 - Time Synchronization
A.13.1 - Information Security Event Reporting
A.13.2 - Reporting Information Security Weaknesses
A.14.1 - Information Security Incident Assessment
A.14.2 - Information Security Incident Response
A.14.3 - Improvement of Information Security Incident Handling
A.15.1 - Planning Information Security Continuity
A.15.2 - Implementing Information Security Continuity
A.15.3 - Verify, Review and Evaluate Information Security Continuity
A.16.1 - Planning Information Security Compliance Activities
A.16.2 - Information Security Compliance Assessment
A.16.3 - Information Security Compliance Reporting
A.17.1 - Planning and Implementing Information Security in Project Management
A.17.2 - Reporting Information Security in Project Management
A.18.1 - Compliance with Legal and Regulatory Requirements
A.18.2 - Intellectual Property Rights
A.18.3 - Protection of Records
A.18.4 - Privacy and Protection of Personally Identifiable Information
A.18.5 - Regulation of Cryptographic Controls