GeoDirectory <= 2.8.168 — Unauthenticated Pending/Draft Listing Disclosure
CVE-2026-16988Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.8.168Update to 2.8.169 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Information Exposure
- Required access
- No account needed
- 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≤ 2.8.168
- Patched in2.8.169
Update to 2.8.169 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8.168. Version 2.8.169 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
- Update to version 2.8.169, 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 Usama Arshad.
The GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.8.168. This is due to missing ownership verification before including non-public post statuses (pending, draft) in the markers REST endpoint query, allowing unauthenticated requests to retrieve marker data for unpublished listings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view location marker data for pending and draft listings without authentication.
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 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
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