CVE-2026-8892

CM Business Directory <= 1.5.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Business Address Meta Fields

Published Jul 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The CM Business Directory – Optimise and showcase local business plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Business Address Meta Fields in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Because the malicious payload is stored in post meta rather than post_content, WordPress's unfiltered_html capability restriction does not apply, meaning contributors who lack that capability can still inject executable HTML via the address meta fields such as cmbd_address, cmbd_cityTown, cmbd_stateCounty, cmbd_postalcode, cmbd_region, and cmbd_country.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Creativemindssolutions
Creativemindssolutions cm Business Directory – Optimise And Showcase Local Business
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Creativemindssolutions
Creativemindssolutions cm Business Directory – Optimise And Showcase Local Business
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The CM Business Directory – Optimise and showcase local business plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Business Address Meta Fields in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Because the malicious payload is stored in post meta rather than post_content, WordPress's unfiltered_html capability restriction does not apply, meaning contributors who lack that capability can still inject executable HTML via the address meta fields such as cmbd_address, cmbd_cityTown, cmbd_stateCounty, cmbd_postalcode, cmbd_region, and cmbd_country.
Title CM Business Directory <= 1.5.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Business Address Meta Fields
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Jul 6, 2026, 2:45 PM
Reserved
May 18, 2026, 8:51 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 3, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Jul 6, 2026, 6:02 PM