What is CVE-2016-1000217?

CVE-2016-1000217 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zotpress Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-1000217?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1000217 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Zotpress Project

CVE-2016-1000217

Zotpress plugin for WordPress SQLi in zp_get_account()

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2016-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zotpress Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-injection-in-api_user_id/ (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93894 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
wordpress.org/plugins/zotpress/changelog/ (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1000217?: CVE-2016-1000217 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zotpress Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-1000217?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1000217 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.