Employee Directory Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress Shortcode form_title cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Employee Directory Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Shortcode Handler. This manipulation of the argument form_title causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-1279. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Employee Directory Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument form_title with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-1279. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Employee Directory Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1

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