CVE-2026-1279
Employee Directory <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'form_title' Shortcode Attribute
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Feb 6, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 20, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Employee Directory – Staff Directory and Listingcyberlord92 |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0d3b54c-6244-4776-be3c-afe3a28a2b8a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-staff-directory/trunk/handler/mo-empdir-search_handler.php#L29
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/employee-staff-directory
- 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/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3448620%40employee-staff-directory&new=3448620%40employee-staff-directory
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