SQL Injection in Ollie Armstrong Simply Poll
CVE-2016-20062
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.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ollie Armstrong Simply Poll — versions 1.4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tad.group (product)
- wordpress.org/plugins/simply-poll/ (product)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40971 (exploit)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simply-poll-plugin-for-wordpress-sql-injection (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-20062?
- CVE-2016-20062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ollie Armstrong Simply Poll, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-06-09.
- How severe is CVE-2016-20062?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.