WP Project Manager SQL Injection Vulnerability in WordPress Plugin

A time-based SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in the WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 2.6.17. The vulnerability arises from inadequate escaping of user-supplied data in the 'orderby' parameter, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to inject additional SQL queries. This exploitation could lead to the extraction of sensitive information from the database.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for authenticated SQL injection, where attackers can manipulate existing SQL queries to extract sensitive database information.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the WP Project Manager plugin to version 2.6.18 or later, where this vulnerability has been patched.