Executive brief
The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress allows authenticated users with custom-level access to perform blind SQL injection attacks via a poorly sanitized parameter. An attacker with sufficient privileges could extract sensitive data from the WordPress database, potentially exposing customer information, admin credentials, or other confidential business data.
Technical details
This is a blind SQL injection vulnerability in the WP Directory Kit plugin's handling of the 'order_by' parameter. The vulnerable code fails to properly escape and prepare user-supplied input before incorporating it into SQL queries. Attack requires authentication with custom-level access or above, meaning it is limited to authenticated users with specific WordPress roles. An attacker can inject SQL statements to extract data from the database without necessarily receiving direct output. No patches were available at the time of advisory publication based on the referenced changeset.
Affected products
- WP Directory Kit WP Directory Kit up to and including 1.5.4
Timeline
- 2026-09-16: disclosed