PT-2020-20228 · WordPress · Participants Database Plugin

Published 2020-02-10 · Updated 2020-02-25 · CVE-2020-8596

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Participants Database plugin versions 1.9.5.5 and earlier

Description The issue allows for a time-based SQL injection via the ascdesc, list filter count, or sortBy parameters in the participants-database.php file. This can lead to data exfiltration and potentially code execution under certain conditions.

Recommendations For versions 1.9.5.5 and earlier, consider disabling the participants-database.php file or restricting access to it until a patch is available. Avoid using the ascdesc, list filter count, or sortBy parameters in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8596

Affected Products

Participants Database Plugin

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8596 · Security Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10068 · Note
• https://blog.impenetrable.tech/cve-2020-8596 · Note