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MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
The Employee Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_title' parameter in the `search_employee_directory` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-1279
Source
Wordfence
Published
Feb 6, 2026 at 07:24
Affected Product
Vendor
cyberlord92
Product
Employee Directory – Staff Directory and Listing
Version
*
Affected Versions
cyberlord92 Employee Directory – Staff Directory and Listing *
CWE Classification
References
- www.wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0d3b54c-6244-4776-be3c-afe3a28a2b8a
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/employee-staff-directory/trunk/handler/mo-empdir-search_handler.php
- wordpress.org /plugins/employee-staff-directory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/employee-staff-directory/tags/1.2.1/handler/mo-empdir-search_handler.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset