Cross-site scripting in jeroenpeters1986 Name Directory
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Name Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via double HTML-entity encoding in all versions up to, and including, 1.32.0. This is due to the plugin's sanitization function calling `html_entity_decode()` before `wp_kses()`, and then calling `html_entity_decode()` again on output. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page via the 'name_directory_name' and 'name_directory_description' parameters in the public submission form granted they can trick the site administrator into approving their submission or auto-publish is enabled.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jeroenpeters1986 | Name Directory | up to 1.32.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Name Directory Vendorjeroenpeters1986 Affected up to 1.32.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1866
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wj7p-g9vc-3935
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29d13457-ac60-4e3d-9d8b-0141e6f8f4f6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/name-directory/tags/1.31.0/helpers.php#L604
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/name-directory/tags/1.31.0/shortcode.php#L193
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/name-directory/tags/1.31.0/shortcode.php#L41
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3455023/name-directory/trunk?contextall=1&old=3446566&old_path=%2Fname-directory%2Ftrunk#file3
More jeroenpeters1986 vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-13958 Name Directory <= 1.30.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-02744 Name Directory <= 1.32.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'name_directory_name' CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-75250 Stored cross-site scripting in Name Directory WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-1866 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1866 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wj7p-g9vc-3935 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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