CVE-2026-111069

GeoDirectory <= 2.8.192 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'twitterusername' Custom Field

2026-10-15 17:59
OKISO

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.8.193
Affected Plugin
GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory
Affected Version
<= 2.8.192
CVSS
6.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE
CVE-2026-111069
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At a glance

CVE-2026-111069 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the GeoDirectory WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.8.192. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.8.193; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2026, reported by OKISO.

Vulnerability Overview

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'twitterusername' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.192 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 client-side HTML pattern attribute enforcing alphanumeric-only input on the twitterusername field is not validated server-side, allowing a listing owner with Subscriber-level access to submit an attribute-breakout payload that bypasses sanitization and is stored directly to the custom field table.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

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

GeoDirectory <= 2.8.192 carries this weakness at twitterusername, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.

Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For GeoDirectory the fix is 2.8.193: builds <= 2.8.192 are affected, anything from 2.8.193 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.8.193, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Subscriber access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: GeoDirectory 2.8.193 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111069https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32052509-2fa6-4317-8861-314e6da0869fhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111069

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