Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain or compromise WordPress site admin credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate to WP Directory Kit admin interface
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ExploitCraft SQL injection payload in vulnerable parameter
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ExecutionSubmit request to trigger unsanitized SQL execution
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PersistQuery network-wide database tables beyond single-site scope
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ImpactExfiltrate cross-site user data, credentials, or PII
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid WordPress administrator account - either a network super admin or a single-site administrator. On a standard single-site WordPress installation, the attacker must already hold administrator-level credentials, and the incremental data access gained is limited since admins typically already have broad database visibility. The high-severity scenario is specific to WordPress multisite network deployments, where the shared database architecture enables cross-site data access. The WP Directory Kit plugin must be installed and activated on the target site. SSVC rates Automatable as 'no', meaning exploitation requires an authenticated session and cannot be scripted for mass targeting. Factors limiting exploitation: PR:H requires a compromised or malicious admin account; non-multisite installations face minimal incremental risk; UI:N means no victim interaction is needed once credentials are obtained. |
| Impact | The official CVSS 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) reflects high-privilege-required network exploitation with full C/I/A impact. In practice, risk is highly context-dependent. On a standard single-site WordPress installation, this is a privilege-abuse scenario: administrators already have broad database access, so the incremental attacker value is limited. On a WordPress multisite network, the risk escalates significantly - a malicious or compromised single-site admin can exfiltrate credentials, PII, or proprietary content from sibling sites they have no legitimate access to, representing a genuine authorization boundary violation. SSVC rates Technical Impact as 'total' and Automatable as 'no', confirming high damage potential if targeted but no mass exploitation pathway. EPSS at 0.17% aligns with SSVC's non-automatable rating. A public PoC from WPScan lowers the technical bar for a targeted attacker. Security teams should prioritize patching on multisite deployments over single-site installations. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has obtained or holds WordPress administrator credentials for a single site in a multisite network authenticates to the WP Directory Kit admin panel and submits a crafted request containing a SQL injection payload in the vulnerable parameter. The unsanitized input is executed against the shared network database, allowing the attacker to enumerate and dump tables from other sites on the network - extracting user credentials, email addresses, or other sensitive data that their site-admin role does not authorize them to access. A public PoC is available via WPScan, reducing the technical skill required for this step. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 17, 2026
SQL injection in WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.7 is exploitable by authenticated administrators, with materially elevated impact on WordPress multisite networks where a single-site admin can read data belonging to the entire network - data outside their authorized scope. A public PoC is available via WPScan, though EPSS sits at 0.17% (6th percentile), indicating targeted rather than opportunistic exploitation. No CISA KEV listing confirms active in-the-wild exploitation at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Update WP Directory Kit to version 1.5.7 or later, which includes the vendor-released patch adding proper sanitization and escaping of the affected SQL parameter. The update is available through the standard WordPress plugin repository. Advisory details are at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e064c261-bc7b-4605-8da7-c7036fc396fc/. If immediate patching is not feasible on a multisite network, temporarily deactivate the WP Directory Kit plugin to eliminate the attack surface - this will disrupt directory-listing functionality but removes the SQL injection vector entirely. As an additional compensating control on multisite environments, restrict which users hold single-site administrator roles to only those with a genuine operational need, reducing the pool of principals who could exploit this flaw. Do not rely on WAF SQL injection filtering alone as the primary control, as admin-context requests may bypass signature-based rules.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
WP Directory Kit is a WordPress plugin for building directory listings (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:unknown:wp_directory_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). The root cause is CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in SQL Commands): a user-controlled parameter is passed unsanitized and unescaped directly into a SQL statement. The critical amplification factor is WordPress multisite architecture, where multiple sites share a single MySQL database instance. Because plugin code executing on one site operates against the same database connection used by all sites on the network, a SQL injection flaw allows a single-site administrator - whose application-layer access is scoped to their own site's tables - to query and read data from tables belonging to other sites in the network, bypassing the multisite authorization model entirely.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
S:C reflects multisite authorization boundary crossing; I:L and A:N because demonstrated impact is cross-site data read, not confirmed destructive writes.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing administrators to perform SQL injection attacks. On a multisite installation this lets an administrator of a single site read data belonging to the entire network, which they are not otherwise able to reach.
Executive ViewAI
WordPress multisite networks running WP Directory Kit before version 1.5.7 face a data exposure risk where individual site administrators can access information beyond their authorization scope. The vulnerability is exploitable through a public proof-of-concept, necessitating immediate patching to protect sensitive cross-site data.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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