---
id: CVE-2026-109193
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 incl…
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: hivepress
product: 'HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin'
affected:
  - business_directory_listings_classified_ads_plugin <= 1.7.32
published: '2026-10-16'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T15:17:06.587'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109193'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/hivepress/hivepress/pull/375/changes/60df383473ff4b7a85f24b06895ec236edf20c9d
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hivepress/tags/1.7.32/includes/components/class-attribute.php#L1199
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hivepress/tags/1.7.32/includes/components/class-attribute.php#L1293
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hivepress/tags/1.7.32/includes/controllers/class-user.php#L292
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hivepress/tags/1.7.32/includes/fields/class-field.php#L572
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hivepress/tags/1.7.32/includes/fields/class-text.php#L197
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hivepress/tags/1.7.32/includes/fields/class-text.php#L214
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3747070/hivepress/trunk/includes/fields/class-field.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2c3752b-0d2f-402d-bdbf-fb3fd76cf558?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00362
epssPercentile: 0.29887
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-16T14:33:55.128477Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-16T07:01:11.474Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.