WP Directory Kit < 1.5.8 - Listing Admin+ Stored XSS via Category and Location Title and Icon Fields
Priority LOW 33CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00291 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed WP Directory Kit (Unknown): 1.5.8
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Directory Kit | before 1.5.8 | 1.5.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- WP Directory Kit VendorUnknown Affected before 1.5.8 Fixed in 1.5.8 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WP Directory Kit (Unknown) Fixed in 1.5.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16591
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x75g-w554-rmfv
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-16591 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16591 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x75g-w554-rmfv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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