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CVE-2026-13596: Participants Database (WordPress plugin) · SQL Injection

Affects Participants Database (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical : upgrade to 2.7.8.4 as a priority.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.1Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 39% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.7.8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 31 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Participants Database (WordPress plugin) to 2.7.8.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Participants DatabaseAffected
  • <2.7.8.4
Fixed in
  • 2.7.8.4

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, users should consider disabling the plugin or restricting access to it to trusted users only.

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.

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