# CVE-2026-116752: GeoDirectory \<= 2.8.197 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post\_images' Image Title Delimiter Injection

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-31 · Updated: 2026-10-31

## 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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## Affected

- paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory: through 2.8.197

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/197252d7-3098-43cd-b680-3d857ddb29ba?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/includes/class-geodir-media.php#L1264
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L329
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/assets/aui/js/geodirectory-plupload.js#L363
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/templates/bootstrap/file-upload.php#L44
- https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3768833/geodirectory/trunk/assets/aui/js/geodirectory-plupload.js

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