CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-20065

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 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.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential theft of sensitive data such as user passwords or API keys, which could lead to full compromise of the WordPress site and further attacks on the organization's infrastructure.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Product Catalog 8 plugin to the latest available version or remove it entirely if not essential. Additionally, consider deploying a web application firewall (WAF) to block suspicious POST requests with the selectedCategory parameter.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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