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Stored cross-site scripting in HivePress via custom user attributes

Priority LOW 32CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The HivePress (Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin) plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 1.7.32. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of custom user attribute slugs enables stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web scripts that run when a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires an administrator to configure a custom user attribute whose display format places %value% inside an href, src or style attribute.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

The HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '<custom user attribute slug> (e.g. hp_custom_link)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.32 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that an administrator has configured a custom user attribute with a display_format template placing the %value% token inside an href, src, or style attribute context, which is a documented and expected use of the plugin's attribute display feature.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00362 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HivePressHivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Pluginup to 1.7.32—No fix listedCNA
  • HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin VendorHivePress Affected up to 1.7.32 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for HivePress (Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin).

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109193
  2. 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-p43f-8m2p-4mww

References

  • TI-2026-76304 HivePress WordPress plugin remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-14866 Improper authentication in HivePress Authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-86529 Missing authorization in HivePress WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2026-70282 Stored cross-site scripting in HivePress plugin for WordPress CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-76059 Code injection in WordPress HivePress plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-75267 Stored cross-site scripting in HivePress plugin for WordPress CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
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Sources