CVE-2026-109197: WP Directory Kit SQL injection vulnerability
high 7.5 published 2026-10-31
- Affected versions
- 1.6.0 and older
- Fixed in
- unknown
- Latest version
- 1.6.1
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
- Active installs
- 2,000+
- Type
- SQL injection
What an attacker needs
- Access: None. No account or login is needed.
CVSS vector (score by Wordfence): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
What to do now
- Update WP Directory Kit to the latest version (1.6.1). The record does not name a fixed version, so also read the advisory below.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Not sure which version you run? Check your version against every known WP Directory Kit issue.
With WP-CLI:
wp plugin get wpdirectorykit --field=version. - If you ran an affected version and something looks off (new admin users, spam pages, redirects), run the free scan below.
The advisory
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.
References
- NVD CVE-2026-109197 nvd.nist.gov
- Wordfence advisory www.wordfence.com
- wordpress.org wordpress.org
- Plugin source plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Where this data comes from
- CVE record, score and references: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Versions and install counts: wordpress.org/plugins/wpdirectorykit (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- The summary, “what an attacker needs” and “what to do” sections are our plain-English reading of the record and the plugin's release history; the quoted description is the record's own text. Spot an error? Email Daniel.