CVE-2025-15677

GeoDirectory < 2.8.110 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Place Categories

Published Aug 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.5 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.110 does not sanitise and escape a place-category setting before outputting it back in an admin page, allowing high-privilege users such as editors and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpgeodirectory
Wpgeodirectory geodirectory
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpgeodirectory
Wpgeodirectory geodirectory
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.110 does not sanitise and escape a place-category setting before outputting it back in an admin page, allowing high-privilege users such as editors and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).
Title GeoDirectory < 2.8.110 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Place Categories
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 2:07 PM
Reserved
Jul 24, 2026, 8:59 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 5, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Sep 29, 2026, 2:10 PM