{
"id": "GHSA-j38m-6g5x-xxgg",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-85388"
],
"details": "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.",
"affected": [],
"modified": "2026-09-03T21:31:15Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
},
{
"type": "CVSS_V4",
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
}
],
"published": "2026-09-03T21:31:15Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/security/advisories/GHSA-f2f8-2ppj-85pf",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85388",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/issues/395",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/blob/v3.0.0/worklenz-backend/src/controllers/job-titles-controller.ts",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/blob/v3.0.0/worklenz-backend/src/controllers/worklenz-controller-base.ts",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/worklenz-through-3.0.0-sql-injection-via-the-sort-field-query-parameter",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-89"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": false,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-03T19:17:30Z",
"github_reviewed_at": null
}
}