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CVE-2020-8596

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

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).

Affected products

• Roland Barker, xnau webdesign Participants Database: through 1.9.5.5

References

• https://blog.impenetrable.tech/cve-2020-8596
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10068
• https://blog.impenetrable.tech/cve-2020-8596
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10068

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