XSS in Paoltaia Geodirectory – Wp Business Directory Plugin And Classified Listings

CVE-2026-120082

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_content' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.200 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nested shortcode payload ([gd_dynamic_conten[gd_tags]t ...]) defeats the plugin's geodir_strip_shortcodes() guard because WordPress's strip_shortcodes() performs only a single pass over registered tags, and HTML-entity-encoded attributes in the resulting shortcode survive wp_kses_post() because kses inspects HTML tags rather than shortcode attribute values.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-120082?
CVE-2026-120082 is a high-severity vulnerability in Paoltaia Geodirectory – Wp Business Directory Plugin And Classified Listings, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-120082?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.