FKIE_CVE-2026-104993

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-10 05:16 - Updated: 2026-10-10 05:16
Severity
6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email (Contact Email custom field htmlvar_name)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.188 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. Successful exploitation requires that an administrator has added and configured the Contact Email custom field to render on the public single-listing output page, and that the administrator subsequently approves the attacker's submitted listing.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L949
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/custom-fields/output-functions.php#L1448
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/post-functions.php#L1845
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3728472/geodirectory/trunk/includes/custom-fields/output-functions.php
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1356ec70-4264-4687-8082-7d87a8978082?source=cve
Impacted products
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          "product": "GeoDirectory \u2013 WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory",
          "vendor": "paoltaia",
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      "value": "The GeoDirectory \u2013 WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the \u0027email (Contact Email custom field htmlvar_name)\u0027 parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.188 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. Successful exploitation requires that an administrator has added and configured the Contact Email custom field to render on the public single-listing output page, and that the administrator subsequently approves the attacker\u0027s submitted listing."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-104993",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-10T05:16:39.880",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
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          "value": "CWE-79"
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}



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