Vulnerability · Published Feb 10, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8596
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 23.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 (as reported)
References
- https://blog.impenetrable.tech/cve-2020-8596 x_refsource_MISC
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10068 x_refsource_MISC