---
id: CVE-2025-13138
title: >-
  The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via
  the 'columns_search' parameter of the select_2_ajax() function in all versions
  up to, and including, 1.4.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied
  par…
summary: >-
  The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via
  the 'columns_search' parameter of the select_2_ajax() function in all versions
  up to, and including, 1.4.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied
  par…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-89
published: '2025-11-21'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13138'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdirectorykit/tags/1.4.3/application/controllers/Wdk_frontendajax.php#L546
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3396348%40wpdirectorykit&new=3396348%40wpdirectorykit&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdirectorykit/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0cad8c48-5c96-484c-acda-b33d8d8d10d3?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.01518
epssPercentile: 0.73593
exploits:
  nuclei:
    - CVE-2025-13138
  checkedAt: '2026-09-30T23:30:07.501Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.474Z'
---

## Overview

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'columns_search' parameter of the select_2_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.