CVE-2026-107657 hivepress CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for WordPress installations with the HivePress plugin should assess exposure and prioritize updates to mitigate potential vulnerabilities. This includes reviewing custom user attribute configurations, monitoring user profile configurations for suspicious activity, and ensuring that front-end user profiles are not enabled unnecessarily. Additionally, defenders should consider the potential impact on user interactions and data integrity

Why it matters

Defenders should prioritize updating the HivePress plugin and review custom user attribute configurations to mitigate potential vulnerabilities and prevent exploitation.

• Potential injection of arbitrary web scripts into user profiles
• Execution of injected scripts when users access affected pages
• Possible impact on user interactions and data integrity

Technical summary

The HivePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the custom user attribute field in versions up to and including 1.7.31. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which will execute when a user accesses an injected page. The vulnerability requires an administrator to have configured a text-type custom user attribute with a display format that places the value inside an HTML attribute context, and for front-end user profiles to be enabled. Defenders should assess the configuration of custom user attributes and the display format used to ensure they do not place user input inside an HTML attribute context without proper sanit

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize updating the HivePress plugin to a version beyond 1.7.31 and review custom user attribute configurations for potential vulnerabilities.

Recommended defensive actions

• Update the HivePress plugin to a version beyond 1.7.31
• Review custom user attribute configurations for potential vulnerabilities
• Monitor user profile configurations for suspicious activity
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up.
• Review the supplied official advisory or CVE record to validate affected scope, severity, and vendor guidance.
• Plan vendor-supported updates or mitigations through normal change control where exposure is confirmed.
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review.

Evidence notes

The CVE record and source item provide details on the vulnerability, including its description, CVSS score, and affected versions. However, there is limited information on potential exploits or victim impact.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.