CVE•Published 2026-08-12•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-18230
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
13
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 87% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement through one of its authenticated AJAX actions, which lacks an authorization check, allowing any authenticated user such as a Subscriber to perform SQL injection attacks.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-18230Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-18230Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-18230Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-18230GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-18230" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-18230 on GitHub.