{
 "id": "WPSEC-2026-3042",
 "url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-3042/",
 "json_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-3042/advisory.json",
 "markdown_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-3042/index.md",
 "title": "GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory <= 2.8.203 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to HTML Injection via Category Description Fields on Listing Tags",
 "description": "The GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data via the category description fields (ct_cat_top_desc, ct_cat_bottom_desc and other category fields) in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.203, due to the save_category_fields() function storing these fields from the request whenever a term is created, with no taxonomy, capability or nonce check. The function can be registered on a front-end listing submission by adding a GeoDirectory category taxonomy to the request. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above (and unauthenticated attackers when guest listing submission is enabled), to attach category descriptions to the tags they create with a listing and inject HTML content that is shown on those tags' archive pages. In releases before 2.8.183 the descriptions were stored without HTML filtering, which also allowed script injection.",
 "plugin": {
  "slug": "geodirectory",
  "name": "GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory",
  "full_name": "GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory",
  "wordpress_org": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/",
  "advisories_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/plugin/geodirectory/",
  "attacksurface": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/geodirectory"
 },
 "type": "NO AUTHORISATION",
 "cwe": [
  "CWE-862"
 ],
 "cve": [],
 "cvss": {
  "version": "3.1",
  "score": 4.3,
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
  "severity": "Medium"
 },
 "affected": {
  "ranges": [
   {
    "from": null,
    "from_inclusive": true,
    "to": "2.8.204",
    "to_inclusive": false
   }
  ],
  "text": [
   "all versions before 2.8.204"
  ]
 },
 "introduced_in": null,
 "fixed_in": "2.8.204",
 "remediation": "Update to 2.8.204 or later.",
 "fix_released": "2026-11-12T09:18:19+00:00",
 "published": "2026-11-13T09:43:21+00:00",
 "updated": "2026-11-12T17:04:47.297362+00:00",
 "also_published_as": null,
 "references": [
  "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-3042/",
  "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/geodirectory/tags/2.8.204/",
  "https://wordpress.org/plugins/geodirectory/"
 ],
 "attacksurface_url": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/geodirectory",
 "source": "WPSec",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
 },
 "usage": {
  "plugin": "Low",
  "affected_versions": "Low",
  "as_of": "2026-11-13"
 }
}