CVE-2025-13138: high-severity vulnerability in wpdirectorykit WP Directory Kit
WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via select_2_ajax() Function
Published · Updated
36Vexday Risk Score
Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.5epss 1.5%
exploitation probability
1.5%top 26% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'columns_search' parameter of the select_2_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3 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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
wpdirectorykit · WP Directory KitRelated CVEs — wpdirectorykit WP Directory Kit
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2024-3217HIGHWP Directory Kit <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL InjectionEPSS 1.9%CVE-2023-2278CRITICALWP Directory Kit <= 1.1.9 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via wdk_public_actionEPSS 1.7%CVE-2025-13920MEDIUMWP Directory Kit <= 1.4.9 - Unauthenticated Email Exposure via wdk_public_actionEPSS 0.7%CVE-2023-2835MEDIUMWP Directory Kit <= 1.2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'search'EPSS 0.7%CVE-2023-2351MEDIUMWP Directory Kit <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change/Delete, Demo Import, Directory Kit Deletion via wdk_admin_actionEPSS 0.6%CVE-2023-2280MEDIUMWP Directory Kit <= 1.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Installation, Settings Change/Delete, Demo Import, Directory Kit Deletion via wdk_public_actionEPSS 0.6%
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdirectorykit/tags/1.4.3/application/controllers/Wdk_frontendajax.php#L546https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3396348%40wpdirectorykit&new=3396348%40wpdirectorykit&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdirectorykit/https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0cad8c48-5c96-484c-acda-b33d8d8d10d3?source=cve