CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-8596.md

### [CVE-2020-8596](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8596)
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### Description

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).

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blog.impenetrable.tech/cve-2020-8596
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10068

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon