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CVE-2026-96766: GeoDirectory <= 2.8.183 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'business_hours' Parameter

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-25 · updated 2026-09-25
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'business_hours' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.183 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. This is possible because the AJAX save handler validates only post authorship and a nonce with no additional capability check, allowing any subscriber-level user who owns a listing to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory: through 2.8.183

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/business-hours-functions.php#L965
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/class-geodir-ajax.php#L821
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/class-geodir-post-data.php#L1661
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/custom-fields/input-functions-aui.php#L2278
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3710682%40geodirectory&new=3710682%40geodirectory
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc743651-cfbc-487b-9d1b-9aab6d3a57b7?source=cve

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