CVE-2026-109388 Cross-site scripting in HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the login form message parameter, executing code in victims' browsers upon login.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-109388?
CVE-2026-109388 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin, published on 16 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'message' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.32 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that the site administrator has enabled user listing submission, and the script executes in the victim's browser at the moment of successful login via the embedded form on the attacker's listing page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109388?
How do I fix CVE-2026-109388?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-109388 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-109388 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-109388 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8w67-xhw6-gqxx.