Accredible Certificates and Open Badges WordPress Plugin SQL Injection Vulnerability

A time-based SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in the Accredible Certificates & Open Badges plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 1.4.9. The vulnerability arises from inadequate escaping of user-supplied data in the 'orderby' parameter, allowing authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access to inject additional SQL queries. This exploitation could lead to the extraction of sensitive information from the database.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker with Administrator privileges to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive database information.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the Accredible Certificates & Open Badges plugin to version 1.5.0 or later.