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CVE-2016-20065: Product Catalog 8 1.2 Plugin WordPress SQL Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-09 · updated 2026-07-21
• Weakness: CWE-89

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.

Affected products

• EvWill Product Catalog 8: 1.2.0

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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