CVE-2026-18231: CWE-200 Information Exposure in WP Directory Kit
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.5.7 contain an information exposure vulnerability. This flaw arises because one of the plugin's public AJAX actions does not perform authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve usernames and email addresses of users assigned roles by the plugin. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 5.3.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-18231 is an information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in the WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before version 1.5.7. The plugin fails to enforce authorization on a public AJAX action, which results in unauthenticated attackers being able to access unfiltered database rows. This exposure allows attackers to obtain usernames and email addresses of users who have roles defined by the plugin. The vulnerability does not affect confidentiality beyond user identity information and does not impact integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker without authentication can retrieve usernames and email addresses of users assigned roles by the WP Directory Kit plugin. This exposure of user identity information could facilitate further social engineering or targeted attacks but does not directly compromise system integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the WP Directory Kit plugin to version 1.5.7 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation steps are indicated or necessary as the issue is resolved by the official patch.
CVE-2026-18231: CWE-200 Information Exposure in WP Directory Kit
Description
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.5.7 contain an information exposure vulnerability. This flaw arises because one of the plugin's public AJAX actions does not perform authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve usernames and email addresses of users assigned roles by the plugin. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 5.3.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
WP Directory Kit
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-18231 is an information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in the WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before version 1.5.7. The plugin fails to enforce authorization on a public AJAX action, which results in unauthenticated attackers being able to access unfiltered database rows. This exposure allows attackers to obtain usernames and email addresses of users who have roles defined by the plugin. The vulnerability does not affect confidentiality beyond user identity information and does not impact integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker without authentication can retrieve usernames and email addresses of users assigned roles by the WP Directory Kit plugin. This exposure of user identity information could facilitate further social engineering or targeted attacks but does not directly compromise system integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the WP Directory Kit plugin to version 1.5.7 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation steps are indicated or necessary as the issue is resolved by the official patch.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-29T12:18:25.990Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a854e93c6e8be033248b28f
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 06:34:59 UTC
Last enriched: 09/11/2026, 09:48:49 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 02:46:03 UTC
Views: 58
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