vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: participants-database: CVE-2020-8596: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 10, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jun 24, 2025

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).

Solution

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