CVE-2020-12461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allows SQL Injection because maincore.php has an insufficient protection mechanism. An attacker can develop a crafted payload that can be inserted into the sort_order GET parameter on the members.php members search page. This parameter allows for control over anything after the ORDER BY clause in the SQL query.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00164.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Php-fusion	Php-fusion

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:php-fusion:php-fusion:9.03.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-4770	PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allows SQL Injection because maincore.php has an insufficient protection mechanism. An attacker can develop a crafted payload that can be inserted into the sort_order GET parameter on the members.php members search page. This parameter allows for control over anything after the ORDER BY clause in the SQL query.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/79fe5ec1d5c75e017a6f42127741b9543658f822
https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/858e43d7b0ea1897f76d5bcb3a1aed438132c0e2
https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/d95cd4a2d22487723266c898b98e6be10754e03d
https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/issues/2308
https://hackmd.io/lq7nA3ISSoeiGjiHVn5CoA

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00108}`	epss `{'score': 0.00194}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00099}`	epss `{'score': 0.00108}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-29T16:14:26

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:56:52.071Z

Reserved: 2020-04-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-12461

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-29T17:15:12.113

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:59:44.950

Link: CVE-2020-12461

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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