WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.9 - Unauthenticated Email Exposure via wdk_public_action

5.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2025-13920
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 23, 2026
Last Updated January 24, 2026
Researcher Sarawut Poolkhet (MisterHelloz)

Description

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9 via the wdk_public_action AJAX handler. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract email addresses for users with Directory Kit-specific user roles.

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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 1.5.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.9
Patched Version
  • 1.5.0

Recent vulnerabilities in WP Directory Kit

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 WP Directory Kit <= 1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2026-42672 7.5 daroo May 14, 2026
2 WP Directory Kit <= 1.5.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2026-39531 7.5 Martín Martín April 13, 2026
3 WP Directory Kit <= 1.5.0 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-39534 5.3 Martín Martín April 8, 2026
4 WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2025-13089 7.5 tmrswrr December 12, 2025
5 WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.4 - Authentication Bypass to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover CVE-2025-13390 10.0 Ryan Kozak December 3, 2025
6 WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection CVE-2025-13090 4.9 tmrswrr December 1, 2025
7 WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'order_by' Parameter CVE-2025-13525 6.1 blue0x1 November 26, 2025
8 WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via select_2_ajax() Function CVE-2025-13138 7.5 tmrswrr November 20, 2025
9 WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.0 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-60120 5.3 Bao - BlueRock September 26, 2025
10 WP Directory Kit <= 1.3.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-37487 6.1 Dimas Maulana July 4, 2024

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