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WordPress Plugin: participants-database: CVE-2017-14126: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Sep 6, 2017

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 5, 2026

Description

The Participants Database plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Name' paremeter in versions up to, and including, 1.7.5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Solution

participants-database-plugin-cve-2017-14126

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14126
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/66717800-31ab-4e68-979a-4967dd2caeb8?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-5638
CVE-2017-14126
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-14126
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2017-5638

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