GeoDirectory <= 2.8.197 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_images' Image Title Delimiter Injection
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Summary
The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin, a business directory and classified listings extension, is affected by this flaw. An authenticated user with basic subscriber access can plant malicious scripts in listing image titles that run in the browser of an administrator or editor when they open the listing's edit screen, potentially allowing them to gain higher privileges.
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The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_images' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.197 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 injected payload does not fire for the attacker directly; it executes in the browser of any Administrator or Editor who opens the pending listing's edit screen, making this a privilege-escalation-capable stored XSS chain triggered through normal editorial workflow.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory
through 2.8.197
References 7
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/includes/class-geodir-media.php#L1264
- browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L329
- browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/assets/aui/js/geodirectory-plupload.js#L363
- browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/templates/bootstrap/file-upload.php#L44
- changeset/3768833/geodirectory/trunk/assets/aui/js/geodirectory-plupload.js