CVE-2026-1279

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.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-staff-directory/tags/1.2.1/handler/mo-empdir-search_handler.php#L29
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-staff-directory/trunk/handler/mo-empdir-search_handler.php#L29
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3448620%40employee-staff-directory&new=3448620%40employee-staff-directory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/employee-staff-directory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0d3b54c-6244-4776-be3c-afe3a28a2b8a?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Apr 2026, 00:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El plugin Employee Directory para WordPress es vulnerable a cross-site scripting almacenado a través del parámetro 'form_title' en el shortcode 'search_employee_directory' en todas las versiones hasta la 1.2.1, inclusive, debido a una sanitización de entrada y un escape de salida insuficientes. Esto permite a atacantes autenticados, con acceso de nivel Colaborador y superior, inyectar scripts web arbitrarios en páginas que se ejecutarán cada vez que un usuario acceda a una página inyectada.

06 Feb 2026, 08:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-06 08:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:15

NVD link : CVE-2026-1279

Mitre link : CVE-2026-1279

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-1279

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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