WordPress WPDirectoryKit plugin <= 1.3.6 - HTML Injection vulnerability

published 2024-07-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36532

cvss: 2.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in WpDirectoryKit WP Directory Kit allows Code Injection.This issue affects WP Directory Kit: from n/a through 1.3.6.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

WpDirectoryKit WP Directory Kit 1.3.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-09)

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

WpDirectoryKit WP Directory Kit

Classification

Weakness

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/wpdirectorykit/wordpress-wpdirectorykit-plugin-1-3-2-html-injection-vulnerability?_s_i
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-37253
NVD CVE-2024-37253

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Summary