What is CVE-2026-16950?

CVE-2026-16950 is a high-severity vulnerability in Product Shortlist, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2026-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-16950?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Product Shortlist

CVE-2026-16950

The Product Shortlist WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2026-08-19 · last modified 2026-08-26.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.5% 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: 0.004 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Product Shortlist

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1a2635a-9919-460f-b662-e5e3f80d2361/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16950?: CVE-2026-16950 is a high-severity vulnerability in Product Shortlist, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2026-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-16950?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.