CVE-2026-85388
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.5%
38.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-89
Published 2026-09-03 · modified 2026-09-08
Description
Worklenz through 3.0.0 fails to properly validate the sort-field query parameter in pagination helper functions, allowing authenticated users to inject arbitrary PostgreSQL expressions into ORDER BY clauses. Attackers can use time-based and boolean-based blind SQL injection techniques to extract sensitive database content including password hashes from other tenants. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-25947.
References
- https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz
- https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/blob/v3.0.0/worklenz-backend/src/controllers/job-titles-controller.ts
- https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/blob/v3.0.0/worklenz-backend/src/controllers/worklenz-controller-base.ts
- https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/issues/395
- https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/security/advisories/GHSA-f2f8-2ppj-85pf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/worklenz-through-3.0.0-sql-injection-via-the-sort-field-query-parameter
- https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/issues/395