GeoDirectory <= 2.8.196 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure of Password-Protected Listings via REST API

ID

WPSEC-2026-1599

Plugin

GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory (geodirectory)

Affected

all versions before 2.8.197

Remediation

Update to 2.8.197 or later.

CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness

CWE-200

Usage

Plugin Low · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-25

Attack surface

GeoDirectory on WPSec AttackSurface

Fix released

2026-10-23

Published

2026-10-24

Description

The GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure via the REST API posts endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.196 due to the endpoint not checking whether a listing is password protected before returning its data. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve custom field values (such as address, latitude and longitude), ratings, featured image and gallery images of password-protected listings without supplying the password.

References

• https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1599/
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/geodirectory/tags/2.8.197/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/

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