Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-44117 is a CSRF issue in Fuel CMS 1.5.0. If an authenticated CMS user is tricked into triggering a crafted request, a site variable could be deleted without their intent. The business impact depends on how important those site variables are to content, configuration, or site behavior.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority CMS hardening issue unless Fuel CMS 1.5.0 is internet-facing or business-critical. Prioritize inventory, access restriction, and vendor guidance review because the public record lacks a confirmed patch and severity score.
Technical view
The CVE describes a cross-site request forgery affecting TheDayLightStudio Fuel CMS 1.5.0 through a POST request to the site variable deletion route. The record provides no CVSS score, CWE, confirmed fixed version, or detailed affected-product metadata beyond the description.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely for organizations still running Fuel CMS 1.5.0 with administrative users who access the CMS through a browser. Risk is higher if the admin interface is internet-accessible or if privileged users commonly browse email or external sites while logged in.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. A public GitHub reference exists for the vulnerability, so defenders should assume details are available, but the supplied sources do not prove exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence quality is limited. The CVE description names Fuel CMS 1.5.0 and a specific delete route, but affected CPEs, CVSS, CWE, and remediation details are absent. Do not broaden affected versions without vendor or project confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Check Fuel CMS vendor guidance and release notes for a fixed version.
- Restrict CMS administrative access to trusted networks, VPN, or allowlisted users.
- Ensure administrative actions require effective CSRF protection before accepting state changes.
- Review whether site variable deletion can be limited to trusted privileged roles.
- Maintain backups or recovery procedures for deleted CMS configuration values.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployments and confirm whether Fuel CMS 1.5.0 is present.
- Review administrative state-changing forms for CSRF tokens and validation controls.
- Check logs for unexpected site variable deletion activity.
- Validate controls in a non-production environment without deleting live configuration.
- Confirm whether vendor documentation identifies an upgrade or mitigation path.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.getfuelcms.com/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/warmachine-57/CVE-2021-44117/blob/main/CSRF%20in%20FuelCMSCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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