{"id":"CVE-2026-118635","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-118635"],"related":[],"title":"WordPress GeoDirectory plugin lets anonymous visitors run arbitrary shortcodes","description":"The The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.198 This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.","summary":"The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin passes an unvalidated value to do_shortcode, so a request can trigger any registered shortcode. An unauthenticated attacker can run arbitrary shortcodes on the site.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["geodirectory","package","self-hosted","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed GeoDirectory plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins; versions up to and including `2.8.198` are listed as affected.","fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-30T18:17:24+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T18:55:29+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-30T18:57:00+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-30T18:57:00+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-30T18:57:00Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"internet","title":"WordPress GeoDirectory plugin lets anonymous visitors run arbitrary shortcodes","impact":"medium","summary":"The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin passes an unvalidated value to do_shortcode, so a request can trigger any registered shortcode. An unauthenticated attacker can run arbitrary shortcodes on the site.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","geodirectory","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"anonymous visitors can execute arbitrary WordPress shortcodes on the server","analyst_note":"Find the fixed version and the vulnerable action in the NVD entry or the plugin changelog, since the sources give no fix.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed GeoDirectory plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins; versions up to and including `2.8.198` are listed as affected.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the GeoDirectory WordPress plugin at version 2.8.198 or earlier are exposed, and the request needs no login. The sources do not describe which shortcodes or site configurations make the impact worse, so the risk is unknown beyond running arbitrary shortcodes.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000682,"input_tokens":4166,"output_tokens":530,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-118635':12A,15A '-2026':11A,14A '2.8.198':78C 'action':90C 'allow':85C 'anonym':5A 'arbitrari':8A,46B,68C,111C 'attack':43B,108C 'busi':55C 'classifi':59C 'cve':10A,13A 'directori':56C,61C 'due':81C 'execut':70C,88C,110C 'geodirectori':2A,16B,23B,53C 'host':20B 'includ':77C 'let':4A 'list':60C 'make':103C 'packag':17B 'pass':26B 'plugin':3A,25B,57C,62C 'possibl':105C 'proper':94C 'regist':39B 'request':35B 'run':7A,45B,99C 'self':19B 'self-host':18B 'shortcod':9A,32B,40B,47B,69C,101C,112C 'site':50B 'softwar':84C 'trigger':37B 'unauthent':42B,107C 'unvalid':28B 'user':86C 'valid':95C 'valu':29B,97C 'version':73C 'visitor':6A 'vulner':66C 'wordpress':1A,21B,24B,64C 'wp':54C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the GeoDirectory WordPress plugin at version 2.8.198 or earlier are exposed, and the request needs no login. The sources do not describe which shortcodes or site configurations make the impact worse, so the risk is unknown beyond running arbitrary shortcodes.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"none","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-30T18:17:24+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","cvss_by":"security@wordfence.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-118635","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118635","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-30T18:17:24+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-30T18:33:26+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T18:55:29+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-30T18:55:29+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}