CVE-2026-13596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e22227c8-506e-4188-a7a1-1952b41c47f5/

History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-89

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		Participants Database < 2.7.8.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via List Search
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e22227c8-506e-4188-a7a1-1952b41c47f5/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-01T06:00:12.163Z

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:51:16.564Z

Reserved: 2026-06-29T07:28:26.724Z

Link: CVE-2026-13596

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:51:12.397Z

NVD

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