Vulnerability in GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory — CVE-2026-110703
What to do now
Update GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory to 2.8.192 or later.
Affected versions
- Everything up to and including 2.8.191
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_content' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.191 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. This requires the attacker to own a published listing, as the ownership check in GeoDir_Post_Data::can_edit() limits who can store the payload; however, because ajax_save_post() re-applies the existing post_status, edits to an already-published listing bypass re-moderation and remain live immediately.
Sources
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.191/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L821
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.191/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1661
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.191/includes/post-functions.php#L2032
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.191/vendor/ayecode/wp-ayecode-ui/includes/inc/bs5-js.php#L328
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3746728%40geodirectory&new=3746728%40geodirectory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2af46137-6cdc-4898-8d59-3c603ebe02c4?source=cve