CVE-2025-15677 | BDVDB-2026-355265 Detail

GeoDirectory

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).

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

References#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb6daced-3ee3-4ec7-a221-9981cd85285a/

Exploit#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb6daced-3ee3-4ec7-a221-9981cd85285a/

History#

Version 12026-08-05Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-08-05
Last modified: 2026-08-05

Vendor information

Vendor: Not stated
Product: GeoDirectory

Score

3.5 Low

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 15.4.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Cross-Site Scripting

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 2.8.110
Fixed
2.8.110

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

3.5 Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).