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).
Project Subscriptions
No data.
Advisories
No advisories yet.
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 |
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000
| 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 | |
| References |
|
Projects
Sign in to view the affected projects.
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-05T06:00:11.527Z
Reserved: 2026-07-24T08:59:26.573Z
Link: CVE-2025-15677
No data.
No data.
No data.
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-05T07:30:16Z
Weaknesses