Participants Database <= 1.9.5.5 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2020-8596
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	February 10, 2020
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Teacish

Description

participants-database.php in the Participants Database plugin 1.9.5.5 and previous versions for WordPress has a time-based SQL injection vulnerability via the ascdesc, list_filter_count, or sortBy parameters. It is possible to exfiltrate data and potentially execute code (if certain conditions are met).

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	participants-database (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.9.5.6
Patched Version	1.9.5.6

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