GeoDirectory <= 2.8.167 — Information Exposure to Authenticated (Contributor+) User Email Disclosure
CVE-2026-16968Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.8.167Update to 2.8.168 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Information Exposure
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory geodirectory
- Affected≤ 2.8.167
- Patched in2.8.168
Update to 2.8.168 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8.167. Version 2.8.168 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.
What to do
- Update to version 2.8.168, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- 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 Vaibhav Narkhede.
The GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.8.167. This is due to missing capability check before including user email addresses in the geodir_json_search_users AJAX response. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to obtain the email addresses of registered users by performing a user search query.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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