WP Directory Kit <= 1.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-29774
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 25, 2024
Last Updated April 1, 2024
Researcher Dimas Maulana

Description

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Directory Kit

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpdirectorykit (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.9
Patched Version
  • 1.3.0

Recent vulnerabilities in WP Directory Kit

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 WP Directory Kit <= 1.5.4 - Authenticated (Custom+) SQL Injection via 'data_fields_list' Parameter CVE-2026-16596 6.5 zickzick2 September 29, 2026
2 Directory Kit <= 1.5.7 - Authenticated (Listing Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-16591 6.4 Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara September 24, 2026
3 WP Directory Kit <= 1.5.4 - Authenticated (Custom+) SQL Injection via 'order_by' Parameter CVE-2026-16588 6.5 adhikara13 September 15, 2026
4 Directory Kit <= 1.5.7 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure CVE-2026-18232 5.3 Erwan LR September 12, 2026
5 Directory Kit <= 1.5.7 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection CVE-2026-16593 4.9 Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara September 12, 2026
6 Directory Kit <= 1.5.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure CVE-2026-16592 4.3 Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara September 12, 2026
7 WP Directory Kit < 1.5.7 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure CVE-2026-18231 5.3 Erwan LR August 21, 2026
8 WP Directory Kit < 1.5.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection CVE-2026-18653 4.9 Erwan LR August 20, 2026
9 Directory Kit <= 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2026-28001 7.5 Jayant Kamble August 12, 2026
10 WP Directory Kit <= 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2026-27538 5.9 Taylsec August 11, 2026

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