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By placing post_type=attachment exclusively in the query string to bypass the consistency check, an attacker can convert an auto-draft GeoDirectory listing into a WordPress attachment with attacker-controlled file paths injected into attachment metadata, which the delete_revision handler then dereferences and unlinks without any post-type or path validation.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.01126,"percentile":0.66767,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-08-11T19:37:28Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:38Z","products":[{"vendor":"paoltaia","product":"geodirectory – wp business directory plugin and classified listings directory"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4fb4127-2b3f-4c8c-95ee-611f1bacf4c5?source=cve","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/blob/c3969ed65f5c6135d828c47b9f9c162784d1c531/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L821-L825","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/blob/c3969ed65f5c6135d828c47b9f9c162784d1c531/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1321-L1326","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/blob/c3969ed65f5c6135d828c47b9f9c162784d1c531/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1502-L1550","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/blob/c3969ed65f5c6135d828c47b9f9c162784d1c531/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1658-L1737","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/pull/3070/changes/29e519019f76a11c74a6b948da655148335f0d18","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3638028/geodirectory","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19091","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gmf-8rwv-m7jc"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/19xxx/CVE-2026-19091.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-19091","title":"GeoDirectory \u003c= 2.8.169 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'post_type' Parameter via Query-String Bypass in geodir_save_post + geodir_delete_revision","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_revision function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.169. 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By placing post_type=attachment exclusively in the query string to bypass the consistency check, an attacker can convert an auto-draft GeoDirectory listing into a WordPress attachment with attacker-controlled file paths injected into attachment metadata, which the delete_revision handler then dereferences and unlinks without any post-type or path validation.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-11T19:37:28.304Z","modified":"2026-08-13T14:47:54.942Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:47:28.691429Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-56929","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_revision function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.169. 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By placing post_type=attachment exclusively in the query string to bypass the consistency check, an attacker can convert an auto-draft GeoDirectory listing into a WordPress attachment with attacker-controlled file paths injected into attachment metadata, which the delete_revision handler then dereferences and unlinks without any post-type or path validation.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-11T19:37:28Z","modified":"2026-08-13T14:47:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:56.415282Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7gmf-8rwv-m7jc","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 arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_revision function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.169. 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By placing post_type=attachment exclusively in the query string to bypass the consistency check, an attacker can convert an auto-draft GeoDirectory listing into a WordPress attachment with attacker-controlled file paths injected into attachment metadata, which the delete_revision handler then dereferences and unlinks without any post-type or path validation.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-11T20:17:38.797Z","modified":"2026-08-13T15:19:37.36Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:36.880938Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-19091","title":"GeoDirectory \u003c= 2.8.169 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'post_type' Parameter via Query-String Bypass in geodir_save_post + geodir_delete_revision","description":"The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_revision function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.169. 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