The Participants Database plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized manipulation of data due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via admin-post in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add and modify record fields.
CVE-2023-48751 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.3 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin Participants Database. It affects Versions up to 2.5.5 and is fixed in 2.5.6.
CVE-2023-48751 is tracked for the Plugin Participants Database as medium severity with CVSS 5.3. The affected range is Versions up to 2.5.5. Update Participants Database to 2.5.6 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
participants-database
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-48751 |
| Patched Versions |
2.5.6
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.5.5
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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 <= 2.4.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery
Participants Database <= 2.4.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery
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