The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 does not sanitize and escape some of its category and location fields before outputting them in page attributes, allowing users with a WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.8-specific listing-management role (and without the unfiltered_html capability) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute for any visitor of the affected page.
History

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Directory Kit
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Directory Kit

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Description The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 does not sanitize and escape some of its category and location fields before outputting them in page attributes, allowing users with a WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.8-specific listing-management role (and without the unfiltered_html capability) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute for any visitor of the affected page.
Title WP Directory Kit < 1.5.8 - Listing Admin+ Stored XSS via Category and Location Title and Icon Fields
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-26T06:00:18.840Z

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:41:15.417Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T13:47:34.868Z

Link: CVE-2026-16591

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:33:32.486Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-26T07:17:01.847

Modified: 2026-09-26T23:16:34.157

Link: CVE-2026-16591

cve-icon Redhat

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