CVE-2020-8596: Xnau Participants Database

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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).

Affected products

• Xnau Participants Database: up to and including 1.9.5.5

Published 2020-02-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.