CVE-2016-20062

HIGH

Simply Poll 1.4.1 Plugin for WordPress SQL Injection

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-20062. PoCs published by TAD GROUP.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a technical writeup detailing a SQL injection vulnerability in the Simply Poll WordPress plugin (version <= 1.4.1). It includes a proof of concept using sqlmap to exploit the 'pollid' parameter via boolean-based blind, time-based blind, and UNION-based SQL injection techniques.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by TAD GROUP · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40971

This is a technical writeup detailing a SQL injection vulnerability in the Simply Poll WordPress plugin (version <= 1.4.1). It includes a proof of concept using sqlmap to exploit the 'pollid' parameter via boolean-based blind, time-based blind, and UNION-based SQL injection techniques.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Simply Poll WordPress Plugin <= 1.4.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target WordPress site with the vulnerable plugin installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Jun 09, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit exploit
ExploitDB-40971
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40971
Product product
Official Product Homepage
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-poll/
Product product
Official Product Homepage
https://tad.group
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: Simply Poll 1.4.1 Plugin for WordPress SQL Injection
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simply-poll-plugin-for-wordpress-sql-injection

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
Ollie Armstrong/Simply Poll 1.4.1
Published Jun 09, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 09, 2026