{"id":"CVE-2026-119113","aliases":["EUVD-2026-114235","GHSA-ghfc-8854-87g3"],"status":"published","title":"GeoDirectory \u003c= 2.8.199 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_content' Parameter","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the listing description (post_content) in versions up to, and including, 2.8.199 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on save (the bundled geodir_kses_safe_embed_attributes() helper only neutralises data-embed-url, data-src and data-embed, while WordPress core wp_kses_post permits data-* attributes on standard HTML tags) combined with the AyeCode UI library initializing every [data-bs-toggle=\"popover-html\"] element with { html: true, sanitize: false }, which inserts the attacker-controlled data-bs-content value into the popover body as HTML at render time. 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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00365,"percentile":0.30604,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-10-30T17:15:33Z","modified":"2026-10-30T19:18:19Z","products":[{"vendor":"paoltaia","product":"geodirectory – wp business directory plugin and classified listings directory"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df5eb1b8-880d-4d7e-bdca-69bbd9c1ce5e?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.193/includes/post-functions.php#L2032"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.193/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L823"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.193/includes/formatting-functions.php#L453"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.193/vendor/ayecode/wp-ayecode-ui/includes/inc/bs5-js.php#L256"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.193/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L821"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.193/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1666"},{"url":"https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/archive/refs/heads/master.zip"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3773530/geodirectory/trunk/vendor/ayecode/wp-ayecode-ui/includes/inc/bs5-js.php"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119113"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghfc-8854-87g3"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-119113","title":"GeoDirectory \u003c= 2.8.199 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_content' Parameter","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the listing description (post_content) in versions up to, and including, 2.8.199 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on save (the bundled geodir_kses_safe_embed_attributes() helper only neutralises data-embed-url, data-src and data-embed, while WordPress core wp_kses_post permits data-* attributes on standard HTML tags) combined with the AyeCode UI library initializing every [data-bs-toggle=\"popover-html\"] element with { html: true, sanitize: false }, which inserts the attacker-controlled data-bs-content value into the popover body as HTML at render time. 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-30T17:15:33.218Z","modified":"2026-10-30T18:08:55.651Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:10.143031Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-114235","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the listing description (post_content) in versions up to, and including, 2.8.199 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on save (the bundled geodir_kses_safe_embed_attributes() helper only neutralises data-embed-url, data-src and data-embed, while WordPress core wp_kses_post permits data-* attributes on standard HTML tags) combined with the AyeCode UI library initializing every [data-bs-toggle=\"popover-html\"] element with { html: true, sanitize: false }, which inserts the attacker-controlled data-bs-content value into the popover body as HTML at render time. 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-30T17:15:33Z","modified":"2026-10-30T18:08:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:59:03.071815Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-ghfc-8854-87g3","title":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for...","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the listing description (post_content) in versions up to, and including, 2.8.199 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on save (the bundled geodir_kses_safe_embed_attributes() helper only neutralises data-embed-url, data-src and data-embed, while WordPress core wp_kses_post permits data-* attributes on standard HTML tags) combined with the AyeCode UI library initializing every [data-bs-toggle=\"popover-html\"] element with { html: true, sanitize: false }, which inserts the attacker-controlled data-bs-content value into the popover body as HTML at render time. 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-30T18:32:44Z","modified":"2026-10-30T18:32:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:14:52.01816Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-119113","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the listing description (post_content) in versions up to, and including, 2.8.199 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on save (the bundled geodir_kses_safe_embed_attributes() helper only neutralises data-embed-url, data-src and data-embed, while WordPress core wp_kses_post permits data-* attributes on standard HTML tags) combined with the AyeCode UI library initializing every [data-bs-toggle=\"popover-html\"] element with { html: true, sanitize: false }, which inserts the attacker-controlled data-bs-content value into the popover body as HTML at render time. 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-30T18:17:25.187Z","modified":"2026-10-30T19:18:19.813Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:13:05.268617Z"}]}}