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GeoDirectory <= 2.8.198 — Unauthenticated Shortcode Injection via 'pagination_info' Parameter

CVE-2026-118635Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.8.198Update to 2.8.199 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory geodirectory

  1. Affected≤ 2.8.198
  2. Patched in2.8.199

Update to 2.8.199 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8.198. Version 2.8.199 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.8.199, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Wordfence PRISM.

The The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.198 This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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CVE-2026-124250
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Nested '[gd_dynamic_content]' Shortcode in post_content
≤2.8.200Update to 2.8.201
CVE-2026-120082
Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_images' Image Title Delimiter Injection
≤2.8.197Update to 2.8.198
CVE-2026-116752
Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_content' Parameter
≤2.8.199Update to 2.8.200
CVE-2026-119113
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<2.8.196Update to 2.8.196
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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