FR
live
High CVSS 7.2

CVE-2026-18653

NVD analysis in progress

The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing administrators to perform SQL injection attacks. On a multisite installation this lets an administrator of a single site read data belonging to the entire network, which they are not otherwise able to reach.

What this means

Exposure
Exploitable remotely over the network, with a privileged account and with no action from the victim.
Impact
An attacker can read sensitive data, modify or destroy data and take the service offline.
Weakness
Unescaped input is placed into an SQL query, letting the attacker read or alter the database (SQL injection).
Likelihood
Its EPSS score stays low: nothing points to imminent exploitation, which is no reason to leave it unpatched.

What to doFold into the next patch cycle.

Read automatically from the CVSS vector, the weakness type (CWE) and the EPSS score. The technical description above remains the one published by NIST.

Published
16 August 2026
CVSS
7.2 (v3.1) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.31% probability of exploitation within 30 days · above 23% of all CVEs
Weakness
CWE-89
Sources
nvd
References

Type at least two characters.

navigate open esc dismiss