CVE-2026-18231: Unknown Wp Directory Kit

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.7 does not perform any authorization check on one of its public AJAX actions and returns unfiltered database rows, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the usernames and email addresses of users holding the WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.7's own roles.

Affected products

• Unknown Wp Directory Kit: before 1.5.7 (fixed in 1.5.7)

Published 2026-08-19. Last modified 2026-08-26.