{"schema_version":1,"title":"WP Directory Kit vulnerabilities","summary":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 13 vulnerabilities in WP Directory Kit: 1 in the last 7 days and 10 in the last 90 days, 2 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. 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