Grocery crud 1.6.4 - 'order_by' SQL Injection | Advisories

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Grocery crud 1.6.4 - 'order_by' SQL Injection

severity: high
date: January 15, 2026
Affecting: Grocery crud < v2.0.1
CVE: CVE-2021-47811
CWE: CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVSS: 8.8
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: ExploitDB-49985
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Credit: TonyShavez
Description: Grocery Crud 1.6.4 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the order_by parameter that allows remote attackers to manipulate database queries. Attackers can inject malicious SQL code through the order_by[] parameter in POST requests to the ajax_list endpoint to potentially extract or modify database information.