CVE-2024-3816 is a critical severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in S@M CMS. Sites managed in S@M CMS from Concept Intermedia might be vulnerable to blind SQL injection through the search bar. The record gives no fixed version. Below you will find the affected versions, how to check your exposure, and a short list of steps to take now.
What's affected
- Sites managed in S@M CMS (Concept Intermedia). The record names no versions.
- The record says only part of the observed services are vulnerable, and the vendor had not investigated the root problem, so it is hard to know when the issue appears.
Severity in the record: Critical, CVSS 9.8, vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. In plain terms: over the network, no privileges required, no user interaction. Weakness class: CWE-89, SQL injection.
Fixed version: The record gives no fixed version. The CERT Polska post in the references is the place to check for status and vendor contact.
Source conflict: The record scores this 9.8 Critical while its own text says only some services are vulnerable and the root cause is unknown. Read the CERT Polska post for the severity it assigns.
The record's KEV flag is false, so this CVE is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and no source reviewed here reports exploitation in the wild.
How to check if you're exposed
- Inventory where S@M CMS is deployed, including test and forgotten servers.
- Search your servers and container images for the product name and compare the version against the affected list above.
- If you cannot confirm the version, treat the installation as exposed until the vendor says otherwise.
What to do now
- Ask the vendor or the project for a patched build, and apply it as soon as one exists.
- Until then, put the application behind authentication and a network allow list so only people who need it can reach the page.
- Run the application's database account with the fewest privileges it needs, so a successful query cannot reach other schemas or write to system tables.
- Review the same code for other places that build queries from request parameters, because these products tend to repeat the pattern across many files.
- Record the decision in your tracker with the CVE id and the date, so the next audit can see what you did about CVE-2024-3816.
Why it matters
SQL injection happens when an application builds a database query by pasting user input into the query text. The database cannot tell where the developer's command ends and the visitor's input begins, so a crafted value can change what the query does. The standard fix is a parameterized query or prepared statement, where the input travels separately from the command and is never interpreted as SQL.
A blind injection returns no data directly. The attacker learns from differences in response, such as timing or page content, which makes it slower but still effective. A vendor that has not found the root cause cannot promise a fix, so site owners should ask Concept Intermedia directly.
Look up the entry on Gold to see how it connects to other advisories, and use reachability analysis to separate the components that actually call vulnerable code from the ones that merely sit in your inventory.
Quick check
What does blind mean here?
The page does not show database output. Information leaks through how the site responds, which is slower to exploit but works against many sites.
Is CVE-2024-3816 in the CISA KEV catalog?
No. The record's KEV flag is false.
Sources
These links come from the NVD record. They were not retrievable when this post was written, so the details above rest on the record text. Check them before you act.
Last reviewed: 19 October 2026.
