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CVE-2026-93897

MEDIUM 6.4

GeoDirectory <= 2.8.181 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Text-type Custom Field (e.g., 'phone')

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Text-type Custom Field (e.g., 'phone') in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.181 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. The payload must be stored in a text-type custom field (such as a phone field) via the AJAX geodir_save_post endpoint, using entity-encoded angle brackets (e.g., &lt;img src=x onerror=alert(1)&gt;) to bypass the strpos()-gated tag-stripping check.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor paoltaia
Product geodirectory – wp business directory plugin and classified listings directory
Published Sep 25, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

paoltaia / GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory
0 ≤ 2.8.181

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1390b079-784c-4c36-bec4-a70cd8484ca5?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/post-functions.php#L1347 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/formatting-functions.php#L56 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/post-functions.php#L1803 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L821 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3705730%40geodirectory&new=3705730%40geodirectory

Credits

Jonah Burgess (CryptoCat)