Medium severity · published Oct 10, 2026
CVE-2026-104993
GeoDirectory <= 2.8.188 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Contact Email Custom Field
6.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GW
GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory · paoltaia
through 2.8.188 · source: vendor
Affected product
GW
GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory
paoltaia
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104993
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-104993
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1356ec70-4264-4687-8082-7d87a8978082?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/custom-fields/output-functions.php#L1448
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/post-functions.php#L1845
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.188/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L949
github.com
https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3728472/geodirectory/trunk/includes/custom-fields/output-functions.php
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