CVE-2026-120082 json
GeoDirectory <= 2.8.200 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Nested '[gd_dynamic_content]' Shortcode in post_content
published 2026-11-07 2 d ago modified 2026-11-07 47 h ago also EUVD-2026-118556
- cvss
- 7.2
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_content' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.200 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nested shortcode payload ([gd_dynamic_conten[gd_tags]t ...]) defeats the plugin's geodir_strip_shortcodes() guard because WordPress's strip_shortcodes() performs only a single pass over registered tags, and HTML-entity-encoded attributes in the resulting shortcode survive wp_kses_post() because kses inspects HTML tags rather than shortcode attribute values.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 47 h ago
Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2db386bd-3edc-48ae-9e32-ac57d472ab5b?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/widgets/class-geodir-widget-dynamic-content.php#L456
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/widgets/class-geodir-widget-dynamic-content.php#L169
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/formatting-functions.php#L640
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1732
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L830
- github.com /AyeCode/geodirectory/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3779924/geodirectory/trunk/includes/widgets/class-geodir-widget-dynamic-content.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-120082
- NVD CVE-2026-120082
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