{"id":"CVE-2026-85388","title":"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","summary":"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 …","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-89"],"published":"2026-09-03","updated":"2026-09-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-08T20:18:59.270","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85388","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/blob/v3.0.0/worklenz-backend/src/controllers/job-titles-controller.ts","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/blob/v3.0.0/worklenz-backend/src/controllers/worklenz-controller-base.ts","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/issues/395","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/security/advisories/GHSA-f2f8-2ppj-85pf","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/worklenz-through-3.0.0-sql-injection-via-the-sort-field-query-parameter","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/issues/395","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00276,"epssPercentile":0.20291,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T21:11:12.291Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85388","body":"## Overview\n\nWorklenz 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}