CVE
WP Directory Kit SQL injection in order_by parameter of admin screen
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.6.3
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.6.3.
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.24% · 15th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 10/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin has an SQL injection flaw in the "order_by" parameter on one of its admin screens. A user with the Listing Admin role or higher could exploit it to run their own SQL statements against the site's database.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
Read the original description
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter used to order results on one of its admin screens before using it in a SQL statement, relying on a keyword deny-list whose replacement order can be bypassed, making it possible for users holding the WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.6.3's custom Listing Admin role, and above, to perform SQL injection attacks.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity6.8/10CVSS 6.8
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 65 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 60 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 29 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.6.3.
Check your systems with an agent
Paste this into a coding or ops agent. It checks your systems read-only and reports a table per asset.
Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-118421 (WP Directory Kit < 1.6.3 - Listing Admin+ SQL Injection via 'order_by' Parameter), using the cve.now data below.
Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.
What cve.now has for CVE-2026-118421 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- Unknown WP Directory Kit: fixed in 1.6.3
Fixed versions: 1.6.3.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-118421 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.
Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- the references on https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118421
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118421
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Unknown WP Directory Kit
fixed in 1.6.3
Evidence 3
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
- Record
Public exploit code · 1
Establishes: Public exploit code exists (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei and GitHub).
- Exploit
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-118421
Is CVE-2026-118421 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118421?
WP Directory Kit: before 1.6.3.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-118421?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.6.3.Source: cve.now feed data