HivePress <= 1.7.32 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'message' Attribute of the hivepress_user_login_form Shortcode
CVE-2026-109388Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.32Update to 1.8.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.4
- CVSS
- 6.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin hivepress
- Affected≤ 1.7.32
- Patched in1.8.0
Update to 1.8.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.32. Version 1.8.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.8.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sebastian Albrecht (mySebbe).
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.8.1Update to 1.8.2 | CVE-2026-123470 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution ≤1.7.32Update to 1.8.0 | CVE-2026-110887 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary CSS Injection ≤1.7.32Update to 1.8.0 | CVE-2026-110885 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom User Attribute Value ≤1.7.32Update to 1.8.0 | CVE-2026-109193 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom User Attribute Value via Registration Form ≤1.7.31Update to 1.7.32 | CVE-2026-107657 |
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤1.8.1Update to 1.8.2
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
≤1.7.32Update to 1.8.0
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary CSS Injection
≤1.7.32Update to 1.8.0
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom User Attribute Value
≤1.7.32Update to 1.8.0
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom User Attribute Value via Registration Form
≤1.7.31Update to 1.7.32
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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