Is CVE-2016-20073 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-20073 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-20073?

CVE-2016-20073 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-20073?

CVE-2016-20073 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (18th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-20073

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Answer My Question 1.3 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the 'id' POST parameter. Attackers can submit crafted SQL statements to the modal.php endpoint to extract sensitive database information including WordPress terms and configuration data.

CWE-89SQL Injection

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-15.