CVE-2024-4443: Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress · SQL Injection
Affects Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPressSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · public detection template (Nuclei) · 10% EPSS · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 10.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 95% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 May 2024
Detectable: evidence found.
nuclei template: Business Directory Plugin <= 6.4.2 - SQL Injection
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| strategy11team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is released, consider disabling the plugin or restricting access to affected endpoints as a temporary measure. Monitor vendor communications for updates and apply patches promptly once available.
Description
The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘listingfields’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.2 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.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/982fb304-08d6-4195-97a3-f18e94295492?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/business-directory-plugin/trunk/includes/fields/class-fieldtypes-select.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3089626/ (opens in a new tab)