---
id: "CVE-2026-109193"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-109193"]
title: "HivePress WordPress plugin: unauthenticated stored XSS via custom user attributes"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.2
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["hivepress", "package", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["no-custom-user-attribute-with-vulnerable-display-format", "plugin-version-above-1.7.32"]
published_at: "2026-10-16T07:17:09+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:29:40+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109193", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00"}]
---

# HivePress WordPress plugin: unauthenticated stored XSS via custom user attributes

The HivePress business directory plugin for WordPress does not sanitize or escape a custom user attribute slug parameter, up to and including version 1.7.32. An unauthenticated attacker can store scripts that run in the browser of any visitor who opens an affected page, including administrators.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed HivePress version in the WordPress admin plugins list or with `wp plugin get hivepress --field=version`
- Review user attribute configuration for any custom attribute whose display_format uses the %value% token inside href, src or style attributes

## Fix

- Update the HivePress plugin to a version later than `1.7.32`; the sources do not name the fixed release
- Until patched, remove or change any custom user attribute display_format that places %value% inside href, src or style attributes

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109193

## From the sources

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.

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