CVE•Published 2026-08-12•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-18474
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.6
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
21
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 79% 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, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by unauthenticated users when a non-default search field type is configured.
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-2026-18474Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-18474Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-18474Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-18474GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-18474" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2026-184742 repos