CVE-2026-16950

HIGHPre-NVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-19. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
8.6(high)
EG Risk
54(Track)
EG Risk 54/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity86% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
25%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Product Shortlist <= 1.0.4 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection via get_shortlisted_products | CVE 2026-16950 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1a2635a-9919-460f-b662-e5e3f80d2361/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16950(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 02:58 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 02:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 05:12 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 05:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 18:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 18:13 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.60
  9. 2026-08-19 18:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 18:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.6 · severity → HIGH
  11. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-19 06:21 UTCNVD update
  13. 2026-08-19 06:17 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-19 06:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16950?
CVE-2026-16950 is a high vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-16950 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16950 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16950 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16950 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 74.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16950?
CVE-2026-16950 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16950?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16950, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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