--- id: CVE-2026-93897 title: >- The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Text-type Custom Field (e.g., 'phone') in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.181 … summary: >- The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Text-type Custom Field (e.g., 'phone') in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.181 … severity: medium cvss: 6.4 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N' cwe: - CWE-79 vendor: paoltaia product: GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory affected: - >- geodirectory_wp_business_directory_plugin_and_classified_listings_directory <= 2.8.181 published: '2026-09-25' updated: '2026-09-25' sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T07:16:56.370' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93897' references: - url: >- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L821 label: security@wordfence.com - url: >- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/formatting-functions.php#L56 label: security@wordfence.com - url: >- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/post-functions.php#L1347 label: security@wordfence.com - url: >- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.181/includes/post-functions.php#L1803 label: security@wordfence.com - url: >- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3705730%40geodirectory&new=3705730%40geodirectory label: security@wordfence.com - url: >- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1390b079-784c-4c36-bec4-a70cd8484ca5?source=cve label: security@wordfence.com tags: - nvd - cve.org ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T07:01:12.114Z' --- ## Overview The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Text-type Custom Field (e.g., 'phone') in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.181 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. The payload must be stored in a text-type custom field (such as a phone field) via the AJAX geodir_save_post endpoint, using entity-encoded angle brackets (e.g., <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>) to bypass the strpos()-gated tag-stripping check. ## Remediation Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.