CVE-2026-102988: Plane order_by injection in issue-listing endpoints

CVE-2026-102988 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-10-13

Plane is an open-source project management platform that allows teams to organize and track work. Multiple endpoints that list issues, including public ones accessible without authentication, failed to validate a user-supplied sorting parameter, allowing attackers to query arbitrary database fields. This could reveal sensitive database schema details, cause application errors, or infer confidential data through timing analysis.

Technologies: Plane. Vendors: Plane.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-102988 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-102988 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-102988?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 13 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Plane prior to 1.4.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-102988?
Yes: fixed in 1.4.0. Until then: Restrict network access to issue-listing endpoints, particularly the unauthenticated public board endpoints, until the application is upgraded to version 1.4.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-102988 attacked?
It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-102988?
Check whether you run Plane at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 1.4.0

Restrict network access to issue-listing endpoints, particularly the unauthenticated public board endpoints, until the application is upgraded to version 1.4.0 or later.

Technical details

An ORM injection vulnerability in the order_by query parameter passed to Django's order_by() method without allowlist validation. Attackers can use double-underscore relationship traversal (e.g., workspace__secret_key) to reference arbitrary related model fields, revealing schema details through error messages and potentially disclosing field values through differential ordering responses. The vulnerability affects both authenticated and unauthenticated endpoints, with the public space board endpoint particularly exposed.

Affected products

  • Plane Plane prior to 1.4.0

Timeline

  • 2026-10-13: disclosed
  • 2026-06-23: patched: Fix committed before public disclosure

References

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