# CVE-2026-120082: GeoDirectory \<= 2.8.200 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Nested '\[gd\_dynamic\_content\]' Shortcode in post\_content

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-118556, GHSA-PV48-453P-9559
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-07 · Updated: 2026-11-07

CVE-2026-120082 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.2 (high) and affects GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin for business directories and classified listings has a stored cross-site scripting flaw that lets remote attackers, without logging in, inject scripts into pages that run in the browser of any user who opens the injected page. The flaw is reached through the post_content parameter using a nested shortcode that gets past the plugin's sanitization checks.

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## Affected

- paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory: through 2.8.200

## Description

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.

## 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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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-120082 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120082

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120082?

GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory: through 2.8.200.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120082

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2db386bd-3edc-48ae-9e32-ac57d472ab5b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/widgets/class-geodir-widget-dynamic-content.php#L456
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/widgets/class-geodir-widget-dynamic-content.php#L169
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/formatting-functions.php#L640
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1732
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.200/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L830
- https://github.com/AyeCode/geodirectory/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3779924/geodirectory/trunk/includes/widgets/class-geodir-widget-dynamic-content.php

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