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.
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Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000
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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 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-26T06:00:18.840Z
Reserved: 2026-07-22T13:47:34.868Z
Link: CVE-2026-16591
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NVD
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-09-26T07:17:01.847
Modified: 2026-09-26T07:17:01.937
Link: CVE-2026-16591
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