CVE-2026-16591 WP Directory Kit < 1.5.8 - Listing Admin+ Stored XSS via Category and Location Title and Icon Fields
Attackers with listing-management roles can inject malicious scripts via category and location fields, executing code for site visitors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-16591?
CVE-2026-16591 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Directory Kit, published on 26 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16591?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16591?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16591 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-2026-16591 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16591 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x75g-w554-rmfv.