CVE-2026-16968

GeoDirectory < 2.8.168 - Contributor+ User Email Disclosure via geodir_json_search_users

Published Aug 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.168 does not restrict a user-search handler to users allowed to list users, allowing any authenticated user with Contributor-level access or higher to retrieve the email addresses of all registered users, including administrators.

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
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-693
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-693
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.168 does not restrict a user-search handler to users allowed to list users, allowing any authenticated user with Contributor-level access or higher to retrieve the email addresses of all registered users, including administrators.
Title GeoDirectory < 2.8.168 - Contributor+ User Email Disclosure via geodir_json_search_users
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 3:11 PM
Reserved
Jul 24, 2026, 8:22 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 5, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:31 PM