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CVE-2014-3961

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3961 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Participants Database plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 1.5.4.9. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'query' parameter during an "output CSV" action on the pdb-signup/ page. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized data disclosure, modification, or denial of service. While not on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xnau:participants_database:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xnau:participants_database:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
1.5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xnau:participants_database:1.5.4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
1.5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xnau:participants_database:1.5.4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
1.5.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xnau:participants_database:1.5.4.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33613 · Jun 2, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0564 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / show/osvdb/107626
packetstormsecurity.com / files/126878/WordPress-Participants-Database-1.5.4.8-SQL-Injection.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/0
Exploit
wordpress.org / plugins/participants-database/changelog
Patch
yarubo.com / advisories/1
ExploitURL Repurposed
exploit-db.com / exploits/33613
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/67769