CVE-2016-20065

8.8 highEPSS 0.3%

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.

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

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

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