SQL Injection in Evwill Product Catalog 8
CVE-2016-20065
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.
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
- Evwill Product Catalog 8 — versions 1.2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lenonleite.com.br/ (product)
- wordpress.org/plugins/product-catalog-8/ (product)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40783 (exploit)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/product-catalog-8-plugin-wordpress-sql-injection (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-20065?
- CVE-2016-20065 is a high-severity vulnerability in Evwill Product Catalog 8, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-06-09.
- How severe is CVE-2016-20065?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.