Description
The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.110 does not sanitise and escape a place-category setting before outputting it back in an admin page, allowing high-privilege users such as editors and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).
Published: 2026-08-05
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KEV: No
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.110 does not sanitise and escape a place-category setting before outputting it back in an admin page, allowing high-privilege users such as editors and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).
Title GeoDirectory < 2.8.110 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Place Categories
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T06:00:11.527Z

Reserved: 2026-07-24T08:59:26.573Z

Link: CVE-2025-15677

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Updated: 2026-08-05T07:30:16Z

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