CVE-2016-20062 (GCVE-0-2016-20062)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 11:48 – Updated: 2026-06-09 13:09 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Simply Poll 1.4.1 Plugin for WordPress SQL Injection
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-09 13:09 UTC
CWE
- CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
VulnCheck
CNA
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40971 | exploit |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-poll/ | product |
| https://tad.group | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simply-poll-… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Armstrong | Simply Poll |
Affected:
1.4.1
|
Date Public
2016-12-28 00:00
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