CVE-2026-16591: 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
What it means
NIST National Vulnerability Database ha pubblicato CVE-2026-16591. La rilevanza va confermata rispetto alle tecnologie effettivamente in uso.
Why it matters
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Text acquired from the source
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.
- Source
- NIST National Vulnerability Database
- Publishing entity
- NIST National Vulnerability Database
- Entity type
- National authority
- Area
- North America · US
- Original language
- en · translation in preparation
- Publication
- 26/09/2026 09:17
- CVE
- CVE-2026-16591
- Stated country
- US
Affected products and versions
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