CVE-2026-39534
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs
Summary
In WP Directory Kit versions <= 1.5.0, there is an unauthenticated broken access control vulnerability that may allow attackers to access resources they should not have access to.
Risk Assessment
Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to sensitive data, potentially leading to loss of confidentiality and integrity of information.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update WP Directory Kit to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and conduct an access audit.
Other vulnerabilities in WP Directory Kit
See all- CVE-2026-28001Critical
SQL Injection vulnerability in WP Directory Kit versions up to 1.5.4 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious SQL code.
- CVE-2026-18473Critical
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.5 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by unauthenticated users.
- CVE-2026-42672Critical
The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blind SQL Injection due to improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands.
- CVE-2026-39531Critical
The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress up to version 1.5.0 is vulnerable to blind SQL injection. An attacker can send malicious SQL queries through improperly sanitized input parameters.
- CVE-2026-18231Medium
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.7 does not perform any authorization check on one of its public AJAX actions and returns unfiltered database rows, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve usernames and email addresses of users holding the plugin's own roles.
- CVE-2026-18653High
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before version 1.5.7 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing administrators to perform SQL injection. On multisite, a single-site admin can read data from the entire network.
- CVE-2026-27538High
Unauthenticated SQL Injection in WP Directory Kit versions up to 1.5.4. An attacker can manipulate database queries without authentication.
- CVE-2026-18474High
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by unauthenticated users when a non-default search field type is configured.
- CVE-2026-18230High
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement through one of its authenticated AJAX actions, which lacks an authorization check, allowing any authenticated user such as a Subscriber to perform SQL injection attacks.
Original NVD description (English source)
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in WP Directory Kit <= 1.5.0 versions.

