CVE-2016-20062

8.8 highEPSS 0.3%

Simply Poll 1.4.1 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database information by injecting SQL code through the 'pollid' POST parameter. Attackers can send requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the 'spAjaxResults' action and malicious 'pollid' values to execute arbitrary SQL queries and read sensitive data from the WordPress database.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.8 high

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

CVSS 3.1

8.2 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-89
Published: 2026-06-09
Modified: 2026-07-21
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://tad.group
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-poll/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40971
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simply-poll-plugin-for-wordpress-sql-injection

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