# CVE-2020-17463: FUEL CMS 1.4.7 allows SQL Injection via the col parameter to /pages/items, /permissions/items, or /navigation/items.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2021-12-10, remediation due 2022-06-10
- Published: 2020-08-13 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

FUEL CMS, a content management system used to build and manage websites, is affected by this flaw. An attacker could exploit it by manipulating the "col" parameter in certain item listing pages to inject malicious database queries, potentially allowing them to read, modify, or delete data stored in the underlying database.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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

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## References

- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
- https://getfuelcms.com
- https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/archive/master.zip
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158840/Fuel-CMS-1.4.7-SQL-Injection.html
- https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/releases/tag/1.4.8

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