WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.4 — Authentication Bypass to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
CVE-2025-13390Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 1.4.0 – 1.4.4Update to 1.4.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical10.0
- CVSS
- 10.0CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP Directory Kit wpdirectorykit
- Affected1.4.0 – 1.4.4
- Patched in1.4.5
Update to 1.4.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run 1.4.0 – 1.4.4. Version 1.4.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Directory Kit.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.4.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Directory Kit to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ryan Kozak.
The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4 due to incorrect implementation of the authentication algorithm in the "wdk_generate_auto_login_link" function. This is due to the feature using a cryptographically weak token generation mechanism. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative access and achieve full site takeover via the auto-login endpoint with a predictable token.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure <1.6.3Update to 1.6.3 | CVE-2026-118418 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection <1.6.3Update to 1.6.3 | CVE-2026-118420 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'idfield' Parameter ≤1.6.0Update to 1.6.1 | CVE-2026-109197 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'display_name' Profile Field (Second-Order) ≤1.5.9Update to 1.6.0 | CVE-2026-96653 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Custom+) SQL Injection via 'data_fields_list' Parameter ≤1.5.4Update to 1.5.5 | CVE-2026-16596 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
<1.6.3Update to 1.6.3
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
<1.6.3Update to 1.6.3
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'idfield' Parameter
≤1.6.0Update to 1.6.1
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'display_name' Profile Field (Second-Order)
≤1.5.9Update to 1.6.0
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Custom+) SQL Injection via 'data_fields_list' Parameter
≤1.5.4Update to 1.5.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 10.0
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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- CVSS / CWE
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