Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-13596Participants Database < 2.7.8.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via List Search

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity SQL injection in Participants Database from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Participants Database WordPress plugin before 2.7.8.4 does not properly sanitize and escape a user-supplied parameter before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Participants Database	0 – before 2.7.8.4

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e22227c8-506e-4188-a7a1-1952b41c47f5/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description