CVE-2016-20065

HIGH EPSS 18.6%

Published Jun 9, 20262w ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

8.8 CVSS 4.0

High

Published Jun 9, 2026 2w ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Product Catalog 8 1.2 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the selectedCategory parameter. Attackers can submit POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the UpdateCategoryList action to extract sensitive database information from WordPress tables.

CVSS Details

Base Score

8.8

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

18.6% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-89 SQL Injection Injection

References 4

lenonleite.com.br http://lenonleite.com.br/
wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-catalog-8/
exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40783
vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/product-catalog-8-plugin-wordpress-sql-injection

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.