CVE-2026-62031: Directory Listings WordPress plugin SQL injection vulnerability

critical 9.3 affects latest 2.2.0 published 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-13

Affected versions: 2.2.0 and older
Fixed in: no fix yet
Latest version: 2.2.0
Severity: Critical · CVSS 9.3
Active installs: 1,000+
Type: SQL injection

What an attacker needs

Access: None. No account or login is needed (per the CVSS score).

CVSS vector (score by Patchstack): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

What to do now

There is no fixed version yet. If you can manage without Directory Listings WordPress plugin for now, deactivate and delete it until the developer ships a fix.
If you must keep it, cut down who can log in (remove unused accounts, especially low-level ones, and turn off open registration) and put a web application firewall in front of the site.
Check the Directory Listings WordPress plugin page for a fix; it updates when the CVE feeds do.
Not sure which version you run? Check your version against every known Directory Listings WordPress plugin issue. With WP-CLI: wp plugin get ulisting --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

Unauthenticated SQL Injection in uListing <= 2.2.0 versions.

Description from the CVE record, published by Patchstack (the CVE Numbering Authority), via the NVD entry for CVE-2026-62031.

References

NVD CVE-2026-62031 nvd.nist.gov
Patchstack advisory patchstack.com

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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/ulisting (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.