Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Employee Directory Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-1279

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Employee Directory – Staff Directory And Listing
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 February 2026

What is CVE-2026-1279?

The Employee Directory plugin for WordPress allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above to exploit a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the 'form_title' parameter in the search_employee_directory shortcode. This flaw arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. Attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users access the compromised pages, potentially leading to further attacks or data breaches.

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Affected Version(s)

Employee Directory – Staff Directory and Listing * <= 1.2.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-staff...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/employee-staff-directory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Djaidja Moundjid
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