CVE-2016-20065

HighCVSS 8.2/10Last modified Jul 21, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-89

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 9, 2026
Last modified
Jul 21, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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CVE-2016-20065: High severity, CVSS 8.2 | Vulnix