---
id: "CVE-2026-113491"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-113491"]
title: "GeoDirectory WordPress plugin: image URL lets subscribers read and delete server files"
severity: "medium"
cvss: null
epss: 0.00204
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["geodirectory", "package", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["default-config"]
published_at: "2026-10-24T06:16:36+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-24T06:47:03+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T12:38:49+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113491", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T06:47:03+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-113491", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-25T12:38:49+00:00"}]
---

# GeoDirectory WordPress plugin: image URL lets subscribers read and delete server files

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.194 uses a user-supplied image URL as a local file path when saving a front-end listing, without validating it. A user with Subscriber-level access or higher can read media files from outside the web root and delete files on the server, limited to names with an allowed media extension.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed GeoDirectory plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get geodirectory --field=version`
- Confirm whether any users hold the Subscriber role or higher on the site, which is the access this flaw needs

## Fix

- Update the GeoDirectory plugin to `2.8.194` or later
- Until updated, restrict front-end listing submission to trusted roles

## Timeline

- 2026-10-24T06:47:03+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113491
- 2026-10-25T12:38:49+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-113491

## From the sources

The GeoDirectory  WordPress plugin before 2.8.194 does not validate a user-supplied image URL before using it as a local file path when saving a front-end listing, allowing users with Subscriber-level access and above to read files from outside the web root and to delete files on the server, limited to file names that carry an allowed media extension. A disclosed file is re-published at a public URL and its original is deleted as a side effect.

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