WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2024-43141 Deferred

Participants Database: Code execution

Participants Database is affected by code execution. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · audit@patchstack.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Participants Database
Plugin slug
participants-database
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 13, 2024
Weakness
CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

This CVE was published Aug 13, 2024 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Participants Database to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Source record

Technical description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Roland Barker, xnau webdesign Participants Database allows Object Injection.This issue affects Participants Database: from n/a through 2.5.9.2.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources