{"id":"CVE-2026-16591","title":"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-spec…","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-spec…","severity":"none","cwe":["CWE-79"],"product":"WP Directory Kit","affected":["wp_directory_kit < 1.5.8"],"published":"2026-09-26","updated":"2026-09-26","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-26T07:17:01.937","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16591","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b5600f1-1024-4329-97de-6347420e46c1/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-26T06:27:03.682Z","slug":"CVE-2026-16591","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}