The Participants Database plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 2.4.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
This vulnerability is a medium severity with CVSS 4.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Participants Database. It affects Versions before 2.5 and is fixed in 2.5.
the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin Participants Database as medium severity with CVSS 4.4. The affected range is Versions before 2.5. Update Participants Database to 2.5 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
participants-database
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
2.5
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| Affected Versions |
Versions before 2.5
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Participants Database < 1.5.4.9 - SQL Injection
Participants Database <= 2.5.9.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Participants Database <= 1.9.5.5 - SQL Injection
Participants Database <= 2.7.6.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Participants Database <= 1.7.5.9 - Unauthorized Cross-Site Scripting
Participants Database <= 2.4.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via _process_general
Participants Database <= 2.5.5 - Missing Authorization
Participants Database <= 2.4.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery
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