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).

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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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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).
Title GeoDirectory < 2.8.110 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Place Categories
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T14:07:56.267Z

Reserved: 2026-07-24T08:59:26.573Z

Link: CVE-2025-15677

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T14:07:47.454Z

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T07:30:16Z

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