What is CVE-2026-113493?

CVE-2026-113493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geodirectory, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-113493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Geodirectory

CVE-2026-113493

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.194 does not sanitise and escape some of its map shortcode attributes before outputting them within a style attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of any user viewing the affected content.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-24 · last modified 2026-10-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Geodirectory

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a46bd6e9-4037-4213-b36d-e418a2ed41b7/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-113493?: CVE-2026-113493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geodirectory, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-113493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.