GeoDirectory <= 2.8.197 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery via Listing File Field URLs
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-1852
- Plugin
- GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory (geodirectory)
- Affected
- all versions before 2.8.198
- Remediation
- Update to 2.8.198 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-918
- Usage
- Plugin Low · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-28
- Attack surface
- GeoDirectory on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery via external URLs submitted in listing image and file fields in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.197, due to the GeoDir_Media::download_url() function checking only the first host with geodir_is_safe_host() and then fetching the URL with wp_remote_get(), which follows HTTP redirects without checking where they lead. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations from the web application, including loopback and internal network addresses, by submitting a URL that redirects to them.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1852/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/geodirectory/tags/2.8.198/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/
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