{"id":"CVE-2026-109197","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-109197"],"related":[],"title":"WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin: unauthenticated SQL injection leaks database data","description":"The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'idfield' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.","summary":"The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress does not properly escape the 'idfield' parameter before building a SQL query. An unauthenticated attacker can append extra SQL queries to read sensitive information from the site's database.","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"wpdirectorykit","fixed":["1.6.1"],"affected":"<= 1.6.0","ecosystem":"wordpress"}],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["other","self-hosted","sql-injection","unauthenticated","wordpress","wp-directory-kit"],"not_affected_if":["plugin-deactivated-and-removed","plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- WordPress admin > Plugins: if WP Directory Kit (slug wpdirectorykit) is active and the version is 1.6.0 or lower, you are exposed.\n- WP-CLI: wp plugin get wpdirectorykit --field=version (anything <= 1.6.0 is vulnerable; 1.6.1 is fixed per WPScan and WordSec).","fix":"Update WP Directory Kit to 1.6.1 or later (WordPress admin > Plugins > Update).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-31T10:16:37+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-31T10:34:55+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-31T10:35:53+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-31T10:37:02+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-31T10:35:53Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"internet","title":"WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin: unauthenticated SQL injection leaks database data","impact":"high","summary":"The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress does not properly escape the 'idfield' parameter before building a SQL query. An unauthenticated attacker can append extra SQL queries to read sensitive information from the site's database.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","wp-directory-kit","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"attacker reads sensitive database contents, such as user records","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed version and whether the plugin is still maintained on the WordPress plugin directory or NVD entry.","how_to_check":"- Check whether the WP Directory Kit plugin is installed and its version in the WordPress admin under Plugins.\n- Check the installed plugin version against `1.6.0`, the last version the description lists as vulnerable.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the WP Directory Kit plugin version 1.6.0 or earlier that expose its 'idfield' parameter to the internet. The sources do not say whether a non-default setting is required, so assume any WordPress site with the plugin active is exposed. Sites without the plugin can skip it.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.00069,"input_tokens":4178,"output_tokens":544,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed version and whether the plugin is still maintained on the WordPress plugin directory or NVD entry.","search":"'-109197':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A '1.6.0':92C 'addit':121C 'alreadi':125C 'append':55B,120C 'attack':53B,118C 'build':47B 'cve':12A,15A 'data':11A 'databas':10A,67B,138C 'directori':2A,30B,34B,70C 'due':93C 'escap':42B,96C 'exist':109C,126C 'extra':56B 'extract':133C 'generic':78C 'host':22B 'idfield':44B,83C 'includ':91C 'inform':62B,135C 'inject':8A,25B,80C 'insuffici':95C 'kit':3A,31B,35B,71C 'lack':103C 'leak':9A 'make':113C 'paramet':45B,84C,101C 'plugin':5A,36B,72C 'possibl':115C 'prepar':106C 'proper':41B 'queri':50B,58B,111C,123C,127C 'read':60B 'self':21B 'self-host':20B 'sensit':61B,134C 'site':65B 'sql':7A,24B,49B,57B,79C,110C,122C 'sql-inject':23B 'suffici':105C 'suppli':100C 'unauthent':6A,26B,52B,117C 'use':131C 'user':99C 'version':87C 'via':81C 'vulner':76C 'wordpress':4A,27B,38B,74C 'wp':1A,29B,33B,69C 'wp-directory-kit':28B 'wpdirectorykit':18A","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the WP Directory Kit plugin version 1.6.0 or earlier that expose its 'idfield' parameter to the internet. The sources do not say whether a non-default setting is required, so assume any WordPress site with the plugin active is exposed. Sites without the plugin can skip it.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-31T10:16:37+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cvss_by":"security@wordfence.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-109197","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109197","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-31T10:16:37+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-31T10:16:37+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-31T10:34:55+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-31T10:34:55+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-109197:1241","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-31T10:37:02+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-31T10:37:02+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-31T10:37:02+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-31T10:37:02+00:00","note":"Fixed in 1.6.1 per WPScan and WordSec (third-party trackers; vendor changelog not read, so nothing marked verified). Plugin is still maintained on wordpress.org (2,000+ installs, tested with 7.1.4). No exploitation or PoC found. Unauthenticated SQLi, CVSS 7.5 by Wordfence."}],"documents":[{"id":31484,"url":"https://wpscan.com/plugin/wpdirectorykit/","title":"WPScan: WP Directory Kit < 1.6.1 Unauthenticated SQLi via idfield","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null},{"id":31485,"url":"https://wordsec.net/vulnerabilities/plugins/wpdirectorykit/wp-directory-kit-160-unauthenticated-sql-injection-via-idfield-parameter","title":"WordSec: CVE-2026-109197 patched in 1.6.1","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null},{"id":31486,"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdirectorykit/","title":"WP Directory Kit on WordPress.org (active, 2,000+ installs)","kind":"vendor","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"mentions","confidence":null,"note":null}],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. 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