WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Directory Kit < 1.6.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'display_name' Profile Field (Second-Order)

Description

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via 'display_name' Profile Field (Second-Order) in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This is a second-order injection: a Subscriber stores a display_name containing a single quote via their own profile, which WordPress preserves verbatim; the payload is then triggered when WdkCachedUserEditor::update_listings_user_editor() re-reads that stored value and passes it unsanitized to the SQL sink.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.6.0

References

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Tarcísio Luchesi De Almeida Silva (Poystick)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-09 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-10-09 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-10 (about 1 month ago)

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