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CVE-2020-26623: SQL Injection vulnerability discovered in Gila CMS 1.15.4 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via the Area

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 15/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.66% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 52.1% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

SQL Injection vulnerability discovered in Gila CMS 1.15.4 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via the Area parameter under the Administration>Widget tab after the login portal.

LowCVSS 3.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

GHSA-rpjw-97p8-p2xp

Published: Jan 2, 2024
Updated: Jul 9, 2026
EPSS: 0.6% · 52th percentile
CWE: CWE-89

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 15 / 40 · 3.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: proof of concept
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
gilacms	gila cms	cpe:2.3:a:gilacms:gila_cms

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

gilacms gila cmsup to 1.15.4 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Packagist	gilacms/gila	up to and including 1.15.4	—

Same product

gilacms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2020-5514Gila CMS 1.11.8 allows Unrestricted Upload of a File with a Dangerous Type via .phar or .phtml to the lzld/thumb?src= URI.
49Plan
CVE-2020-5515Gila CMS 1.11.8 allows /admin/sql?query= SQL Injection.
36Monitor
CVE-2020-20726Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in Gila GilaCMS v.1.11.4 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the cm/update_rows/
35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2021-39486Oct 4, 2021 · A Stored XSS via Malicious File Upload exists in Gila CMS version 2.2.0.
21Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2020-20523Aug 11, 2023 · Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in adm_user parameter in Gila CMS version 1.11.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
24Monitor
Later →CVE-2020-26624Jan 2, 2024 · A SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in Gila CMS 1.15.4 and earlier which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts
15Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2020-266240 days apartA SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in Gila CMS 1.15.4 and earlier which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts
15Monitor
CVE-2020-266250 days apartA SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in Gila CMS 1.15.4 and earlier which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts
15Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: low · data can be read
Integrity: low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: none

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: Low
Integrity impact: Low
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'"
4);

Fixed

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",
4  [owner]
5);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

github.com/GilaCMS/gila/security/policy

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github.com/GilaCMS/gila

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