CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-96653

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.25%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'display_name' Profile Field (Second-Order) in all versions up to and including 1.5.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or above can append additional SQL queries into existing queries, allowing extraction of sensitive information from the database. This can lead to leakage of user data or other sensitive information.

Recommendation

Update the WP Directory Kit plugin to a version newer than 1.5.9 as soon as it is available, and consider restricting profile editing capabilities for subscribers.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via 'display_name' Profile Field (Second-Order) in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This is a second-order injection: a Subscriber stores a display_name containing a single quote via their own profile, which WordPress preserves verbatim; the payload is then triggered when WdkCachedUserEditor::update_listings_user_editor() re-reads that stored value and passes it unsanitized to the SQL sink.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS