Vulnerability in GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory — CVE-2026-107650
MediumSeverity
0.3%Estimated exploit probability
10,000+ sitesInstalls
2.8.191Fixed in
What to do now
Update GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory to 2.8.191 or later.
Affected versions
- Everything up to and including 2.8.190
Affected: GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory (plugin, geodirectory)
What the vulnerability is
The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_title' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.190 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.
Sources
- https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L821
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1759
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/post-functions.php#L1752
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/widgets/class-geodir-widget-dynamic-content.php#L444
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3736457/geodirectory/trunk/includes/post-functions.php