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.
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Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:45:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Employee Directory <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'form_title' Shortcode Attribute | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-02-06T07:24:55.528Z
Reserved: 2026-01-20T22:10:46.216Z
Link: CVE-2026-1279
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-06T08:15:52.650
Modified: 2026-02-06T08:15:52.650
Link: CVE-2026-1279
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