CVE-2026-18473: Unknown Wp Directory Kit

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.5 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by unauthenticated users.

Affected products

• Unknown Wp Directory Kit: from 1.5.4, before 1.5.5 (fixed in 1.5.5)

Published 2026-08-09. Last modified 2026-08-26.