CBX Bookmark & Favorite WordPress Plugin SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in the CBX Bookmark & Favorite plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 2.0.4. 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 unauthorized access to sensitive information in the database.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for SQL injection, where an attacker can manipulate database queries to extract sensitive information from the database.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the CBX Bookmark & Favorite plugin to version 2.0.5 or a newer patched version.