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TI-2026-70269 Aliases CVE-2026-104993GHSA-9jf5-3h6f-ph4m

Stored cross-site scripting in GeoDirectory via Contact Email field

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin for business directories and classified listings is affected in all versions up to and including 2.8.188. Input to the Contact Email custom field is insufficiently sanitized and its output is insufficiently escaped, which is CWE-79. An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can store scripts that run when a user opens the affected page. Exploitation requires that an administrator has configured the field to display on single-listing pages and approves the attacker's listing.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00195 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
paoltaiaGeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directoryup to 2.8.188—No fix listedCNA
  • GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory Vendorpaoltaia Affected up to 2.8.188 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for GeoDirectory.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-10 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104993
  2. 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-9jf5-3h6f-ph4m
  3. 2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-11 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

Other 6

  • TI-2024-12548 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory <= 2.8.97 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-67425 GeoDirectory <= 2.8.186 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'latitude' Parameter via Stored Pending Listing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-70267 Unauthenticated local file inclusion in GeoDirectory WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-15607 Path traversal in paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-83249 Unauthenticated shortcode execution in GeoDirectory WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-86179 Stored cross-site scripting in GeoDirectory WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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