CVE-2020-8596

CVSS V2 Medium 6 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-8596
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-02-11T12:15:21
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-02-25T18:43:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-89 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xnau:participants_database:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 1.9.5.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.6
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://blog.impenetrable.tech/cve-2020-8596 Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10068 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8596
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8596
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:48:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 10:57:02 2020-02-11T12:15Z 2020-02-11T12:15:21 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 10:57:02 2020-02-25T18:43:47 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 10:57:02 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated