Medium severity · published Nov 27, 2025
CVE-2025-13525
WP Directory Kit <= 1.4.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'order_by' Parameter
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'order_by' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WD
WP Directory Kit · wpdirectorykit
through 1.4.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13525
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13525
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdirectorykit/tags/1.4.4/application/views/wdk_messages/index.php#L38
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdirectorykit/tags/1.4.4/application/views/wdk_messages/index.php#L39
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3401078%40wpdirectorykit&new=3401078%40wpdirectorykit&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdirectorykit/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01cd3631-93fb-4016-baa4-8ea11b21acec?source=cve
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