CVE-2026-1279

T

he 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.

Configurations

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History

06 Feb 2026, 08:15

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Information

Published : 2026-02-06 08:15

Updated : 2026-02-06 15:14


NVD link : CVE-2026-1279

Mitre link : CVE-2026-1279

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-1279


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-79

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