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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-06-09 | Published 2026-06-09 | Updated 2026-06-09 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 8.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Problem types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Product status

1.2.0
affected

Credits

Lenon Leite finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40783 (ExploitDB-40783) exploit

wordpress.org/plugins/product-catalog-8/ (Official Product Homepage) product

lenonleite.com.br/ (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...atalog-8-plugin-wordpress-sql-injection (VulnCheck Advisory: Product Catalog 8 1.2 Plugin WordPress SQL Injection) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2016-20065)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2016-20065)

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