The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.196 does not properly escape a post badge shortcode attribute for a JavaScript context before placing it in an inline event handler, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against anyone who clicks the badge, including administrators.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 8
- CwesCWE-79NVD modified 2026-10-28 18:17
- StatusPublished → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-28 18:17
- CVSS6.8 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-28 18:17
- StatusDeferred → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-28 06:00
- StatusPublished → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-28 14:36
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-28 06:00
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-28 06:16
- First seenunscored · unknownNVD modified 2026-10-28 06:00
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
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