CVE-2026-16591WP Directory Kit < 1.5.8 - Listing Admin+ Stored XSS via Category and Location Title and Icon Fields
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown WP Directory Kit unknown:wp_directory_kit (from the name) | before 1.5.8 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b5600f1-1024-4329-97de-6347420e46c1/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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