# CVE-2025-13920: WP Directory Kit - Information Disclosure

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-13920 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-13920

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 5.3
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Wpdirectorykit WP Directory Kit
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)
- **Tags:** wordpress, cms

## Description

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9 via the wdk_public_action AJAX handler. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract email addresses for users with Directory Kit-specific user roles.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-13920](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13920) is an information disclosure vulnerability in the WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to 1.4.9. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit the wdk_public_action AJAX handler to extract email addresses of users with Directory Kit-specific roles. Attackers could leverage this exposed information for targeted phishing campaigns or further social engineering attacks.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 1st of April 2026.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2025-13920 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
CrowdSec data also reveals a clear uptick in attacks involving CVE-2025-13920 over the past week. Activity is above the usual baseline, suggesting growing attention from attackers. This may reflect rising awareness, recent exploit releases, or expanded targeting efforts.

Attackers exploit unauthenticated POST requests to `/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php` with the `action=wdk_public_action` parameter to extract user email addresses, leading to sensitive information exposure.

## Timeline

- 2026-01-24: CVE Published. CVE-2025-13920 is published to NVD.
- 2026-04-01: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-13920 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-04-02: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-13920 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-13920.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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