{"id":"CVE-2026-118420","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-118420"],"related":[],"title":"WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin: SQL injection by users with Listing Admin role","description":"The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, making it possible for users holding the WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.6.3's custom Listing Admin role, and above, to perform SQL injection attacks.","summary":"The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 passes an unsanitised parameter into a SQL statement. A logged-in user with the custom Listing Admin role or higher can run SQL injection against the site's database.","severity":"medium","cvss":null,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","wordpress","wp-directory-kit"],"not_affected_if":["no-listing-admin-users","version-1.6.3-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed WP Directory Kit plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or in `wp-content/plugins/` for the plugin's version header.\n- Check whether the site has a custom Listing Admin role in use.","fix":"- WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin: `1.6.3` (any version before 1.6.3 is affected)","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-11T06:17:15+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T06:25:41+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-11T06:27:42+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-11T06:27:42+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-11T06:27:42Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin: `1.6.3` (any version before 1.6.3 is affected)","reach":"internet","title":"WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin: SQL injection by users with Listing Admin role","impact":"high","summary":"The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 passes an unsanitised parameter into a SQL statement. 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The attacker must already have a logged-in account with that role, so sites with no such accounts are at lower risk. 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The attacker must already have a logged-in account with that role, so sites with no such accounts are at lower risk. Sites on 1.6.3 or later are not affected.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["medium","package","wordpress","wpdirectorykit"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-118420':16A,19A '-2026':15A,18A 'admin':12A 'cve':14A,17A 'directori':2A 'inject':7A 'kit':3A 'list':11A 'plugin':5A 'role':13A 'sql':6A 'user':9A 'wordpress':4A 'wp':1A","search_b":"'1.6.3':33B 'admin':51B 'custom':49B 'databas':63B 'directori':24B,28B 'higher':54B 'inject':58B 'kit':25B,29B 'list':50B 'log':44B 'logged-in':43B 'packag':20B 'paramet':37B 'pass':34B 'plugin':31B 'role':52B 'run':56B 'site':61B 'sql':40B,57B 'statement':41B 'unsanitis':36B 'user':46B 'wordpress':21B,30B 'wp':23B,27B 'wp-directory-kit':22B","search_c":"'1.6.3':71C,99C 'admin':103C 'attack':111C 'custom':101C 'directori':66C,94C 'escap':76C 'hold':91C 'inject':110C 'kit':67C,95C 'list':102C 'make':86C 'paramet':78C 'perform':108C 'plugin':69C,97C 'possibl':88C 'role':104C 'sanitis':74C 'sql':84C,109C 'statement':85C 'use':80C 'user':90C 'wordpress':68C,96C 'wp':65C,93C","cause_entry":null,"cause_path":null,"disclosures_checked_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-11T06:17:15+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":null,"cvss_by":null,"poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-118420","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118420","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-11T06:17:15+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-11T06:17:15+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T06:25:41+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-11T06:25:41+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"disclosures":[],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. 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