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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Admin panel is network-accessible (AV:N, AC:L); exploitation strictly requires a high-privilege admin session (PR:H); full database read/write/corrupt access warrants C:H/I:H/A:H with no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (TuranSec).
CVSS VectorVendor: TuranSec
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Subrion CMS's admin grid sorting helper, _gridGetSorting() in includes/classes/ia.base.controller.admin.php, whitelists the dir (ASC/DESC) request parameter via in_array(), but falls back to the raw, attacker-supplied sort GET parameter whenever the requested key is not present in the per-controller $_gridSorting whitelist array: $column = isset($this->_gridSorting[$params['sort']]) ? ... : $params['sort'];, which is then placed into sprintf(' ORDER BY %s%s %s', $tableAlias, $column, $direction) with only backtick-quoting and no escaping. Because a backtick in the payload breaks out of the identifier context, an authenticated admin session can inject arbitrary SQL (error-based via EXTRACTVALUE, or time-based via SLEEP()) to extract database contents including administrator password hashes. Most of Subrion's ~29 admin grid controllers either define no $_gridSorting whitelist at all (e.g. pages.php, transactions.php, languages.php) or an incomplete one covering only some of their sortable columns (e.g. members.php whitelists only 1 of 7 sortable fields), making the vast majority of admin grid endpoints exploitable.
AnalysisAI
SQL injection in Subrion CMS's admin grid sorting helper exposes virtually all admin grid endpoints to authenticated SQL injection via a raw, unescaped sort GET parameter interpolated directly into an ORDER BY clause. Any valid admin session can exploit approximately 29 grid controllers - most of which carry no or incomplete column whitelists - using error-based (EXTRACTVALUE) or time-based (SLEEP) techniques to exfiltrate full database contents, including administrator password hashes. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, though the breadth of affected endpoints and straightforward technique make exploitation trivial for any attacker holding admin credentials.
Technical ContextAI
Subrion CMS (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:intelliants:subrion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a PHP-based content management system by Intelliants. The vulnerability is CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), rooted in the _gridGetSorting() method within includes/classes/ia.base.controller.admin.php. The method uses in_array() to validate the dir parameter (ASC/DESC) but performs no equivalent validation on the sort parameter, instead falling back to the raw GET value whenever the key is absent from the per-controller $_gridSorting whitelist: $column = isset($this->_gridSorting[$params['sort']]) ? ... : $params['sort']. That unsanitized value is then passed to sprintf(' ORDER BY %s%s %s', $tableAlias, $column, $direction), where backtick-quoting alone is applied - insufficient because a backtick in the payload escapes the identifier context entirely. Of ~29 admin grid controllers, most either define no $_gridSorting array at all (pages.php, transactions.php, languages.php) or an incomplete one (members.php whitelists 1 of 7 sortable fields), meaning the vulnerable fallback branch is reachable across the vast majority of admin grid endpoints.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version has been identified at time of analysis - the affected version range spans all known Subrion releases per the wildcard CPE. As an immediate compensating control, restrict access to the admin panel path (/admin/) to a trusted IP allowlist via web server ACL (e.g., nginx allow/deny directives or Apache's Require ip) or upstream firewall rule; this eliminates the network attack surface entirely while preserving admin functionality for authorized users, with the trade-off that admins working from dynamic or remote IPs require VPN or similar. Additionally, enforce strong unique admin passwords and rotate existing credentials, since password hashes stored in the database may already be exposed if the application has faced prior unauthorized access. For defenders who can modify the source, the correct code-level fix is to replace the unsafe fallback in _gridGetSorting() with a strict whitelist lookup that defaults to a safe, hardcoded column name - never falling through to the raw request parameter. SQL-layer WAF rules blocking backtick characters in sort parameter values can provide partial mitigation but are bypassable and should not be relied upon as a primary control. Monitor web server logs for admin grid requests containing backtick characters, EXTRACTVALUE, SLEEP, or INFORMATION_SCHEMA references in the sort parameter as indicators of exploitation attempts.
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EUVD-2026-53377
GHSA-p8w7-395c-pwwc