CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-20062

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

The 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.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential theft of sensitive data such as user passwords, API keys, or personal information, which could lead to a breach of system confidentiality and integrity.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Simply Poll plugin to the latest available version or remove it entirely if not essential. Additionally, consider implementing WAF rules to block suspicious requests to admin-ajax.php.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS