Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2026· Updated May 20, 2026
CVE-2026-8685
CVE-2026-8685
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=2.15.16
- Range: <=2.15.16
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infility-global/trunk/widgets/show-control-data/show-control-data.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1caeb5e0-9e4e-4c9e-a6e4-881fb81dc5f2nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 18, 2026 to May 24, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 28, 2026