# GeoDirectory <= 2.8.194 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Listing Status, Featured Flag, Expiry and Package Modification

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-1463
- **Plugin:** GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory (`geodirectory`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 2.8.195
- **Fixed in:** 2.8.195 (Update to 2.8.195 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-915
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin Low, affected versions Low (as of 2026-10-22)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/geodirectory
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-21
- **Published:** 2026-10-22
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1463/

## Description

The GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of listing data via the frontend listing auto-save and save AJAX handlers in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.194, due to the plugin passing the raw request to wp_update_post() and the listing save routine without removing protected fields such as 'post_status', 'featured', 'expire_date' and 'package_id' for non-administrative users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above (or unauthenticated visitors where guest listing submission is enabled), to publish their own pending listings without moderation and mark their listings as featured. Where a pricing add-on is in use, they can also change listing expiry dates or switch packages.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1463/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/geodirectory/tags/2.8.195/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1463/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Free to use, share and adapt, also commercially, if you credit WPSec and link to this advisory.