Infility Global <= 2.15.16 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'orderby' Parameter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The Infility Global plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'orderby' and 'order' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.16. This is due to insufficient escaping on user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query within the show_control_data::post_list() function, which is registered as an admin menu page with only the 'read' capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8685
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9vr2-54wv-26g5
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1caeb5e0-9e4e-4c9e-a6e4-881fb81dc5f2?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.php#L34
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.php#L74
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.php#L78
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.php#L84
More Infility vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-11796 Infility Global <= 2.9.8 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-42324 WordPress Infility Global plugin <= 2.15.06 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-11878 Infility Global <= 2.14.42 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-13943 Infility Global <= 2.14.46 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via Predictable API Key and IP Whitelist Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-09229 Infility Global <= 2.15.21 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via /cf7_record Log Endpoint CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-30148 WordPress Infility Global plugin <= 2.15.06 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-8685 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8685 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9vr2-54wv-26g5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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