mihail-chepovskiy Web Directory Free Plugin up to 1.7.13 on WordPress levels sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in mihail-chepovskiy Web Directory Free Plugin up to 1.7.13. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument levels leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-14785. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in mihail-chepovskiy Web Directory Free Plugin up to 1.7.13. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument levels with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Web Directory Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'levels' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.13 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-14785 since 07/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/28/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• mihail-chepovskiy

Name

• Web Directory Free Plugin

Version

• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.7.6
• 1.7.7
• 1.7.8
• 1.7.9
• 1.7.10
• 1.7.11
• 1.7.12
• 1.7.13

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