WordPress plugin · participants-database
Is Participants Database safe?
Closed. Replace it.
wordpress.org closed it on Oct 19, 2026, so it gets no more security fixes, and 17 flaws are on record. If your site runs it, move to a maintained alternative.
- Flaws on record
- 17
- High or critical
- 9
- Exploited
- none
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 23, 2026Participants Database: Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVE-2026-112862 · affects up to 2.7.8.5 · reported by PatchstackCritical 9.8
- Oct 23, 2026Participants Database: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2026-112860 · affects up to 2.7.8.5 · reported by PatchstackCritical 9.3
- Oct 20, 2026Participants Database: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyCVE-2026-112861 · affects up to 2.7.8.5 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.3
- Aug 13, 2026Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion in Participants Database <= 2.7.8.4 versions.CVE-2026-28189 · affects up to 2.7.8.4 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.4
- Aug 1, 2026Participants Database: Does not properly sanitize and escape a user-supplied parameter before using it in a SQL queryCVE-2026-13596 · fixed in 2.7.8.4 · reported by WPScanCritical 9.1
- Jul 24, 2026Participants Database: Sensitive Information ExposureCVE-2026-11354 · affects up to 2.7.8.3 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.3
- Jul 23, 2026Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion in Participants Database <= 2.7.8.3 versions.CVE-2026-59555 · affects up to 2.7.8.3 · reported by PatchstackCritical 10
- Jul 23, 2026Unauthenticated SQL Injection in Participants Database <= 2.7.8.3 versions.CVE-2026-59525 · affects up to 2.7.8.3 · reported by PatchstackCritical 9.3
- Jul 23, 2026Subscriber Broken Access Control in Participants Database <= 2.7.8.4 versions.CVE-2026-27423 · affects up to 2.7.8.4 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Sep 22, 2025Participants Database: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-58008 · affects up to 2.7.6.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- Aug 13, 2024Participants Database: Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVE-2024-43141 · affects up to 2.5.9.2 · reported by PatchstackCritical 9.8
- Dec 18, 2023Participants Database: Missing Authorization, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2023-48751 · affects up to 2.5.5 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Nov 9, 2023Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Roland Barker, xnau webdesign Participants Database plugin <= 2.4.9 versions.CVE-2023-31235 · fixed in 2.5.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
- Feb 28, 2023Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Roland Barker, xnau webdesign Participants Database plugin <= 2.4.5 leads to list column update.CVE-2022-47612 · fixed in 2.4.6 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Feb 11, 2020participants-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 aCVE-2020-8596 · affects up to 1.9.5.5 · reported by MITRE1.6% oddsHigh 7.5
- Sep 4, 2017The Participants Database plugin before 1.7.5.10 for WordPress has XSS.CVE-2017-14126 · fixed in 1.7.5.10 · reported by MITRE2.3% oddsMedium 6.1
- Jun 4, 2014SQL injection vulnerability in the Export CSV page in the Participants Database plugin before 1.5.4.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitraryCVE-2014-3961 · fixed in 1.5.4.9 · reported by MITRE5.6% oddsHigh 7.5
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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