CVE-2016-20065

HIGH

Product Catalog 8 1.2 Plugin WordPress SQL Injection

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-20065. PoCs published by Lenon Leite.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in the Product Catalog 8 WordPress plugin (version 1.2) via the 'selectedCategory' POST parameter, which is not properly escaped. The provided HTML form submits a malicious payload to the admin-ajax.php endpoint, exploiting the vulnerability to extract data from the wp_terms table.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Lenon Leite · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40783

The exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in the Product Catalog 8 WordPress plugin (version 1.2) via the 'selectedCategory' POST parameter, which is not properly escaped. The provided HTML form submits a malicious payload to the admin-ajax.php endpoint, exploiting the vulnerability to extract data from the wp_terms table.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Product Catalog 8 WordPress Plugin 1.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the WordPress admin-ajax.php endpoint
devstral-2 · analyzed Jun 09, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit exploit
ExploitDB-40783
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40783
Product product
Official Product Homepage
https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-catalog-8/
Product product
Official Product Homepage
http://lenonleite.com.br/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: Product Catalog 8 1.2 Plugin WordPress SQL Injection
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/product-catalog-8-plugin-wordpress-sql-injection

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.4%
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)
EvWill/Product Catalog 8 1.2.0
Published Jun 09, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 09, 2026