---
id: "CVE-2026-119113"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-119113"]
title: "GeoDirectory WordPress plugin: stored XSS via listing descriptions"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["geodirectory", "package", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["no-subscriber-registration", "plugin-not-installed", "version-above-2.8.199"]
published_at: "2026-10-30T18:17:25+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-30T18:55:29+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-30T18:57:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119113", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-30T18:55:29+00:00"}]
---

# GeoDirectory WordPress plugin: stored XSS via listing descriptions

Versions up to and including 2.8.199 of the GeoDirectory WordPress plugin let a logged-in Subscriber inject a popover attribute into a listing description that is rendered as HTML. Visitors who open the injected page run the attacker's JavaScript in their browser.

_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 Plugins screen against `2.8.199`
- Look for listing content containing `data-bs-toggle="popover-html"` with a `data-bs-content` attribute

## Fix

- Move the GeoDirectory plugin to a version later than `2.8.199`; the fixed version is not stated in the sources

## Timeline

- 2026-10-30T18:55:29+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119113

## From the sources

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the listing description (post_content) in versions up to, and including, 2.8.199 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on save (the bundled geodir_kses_safe_embed_attributes() helper only neutralises data-embed-url, data-src and data-embed, while WordPress core wp_kses_post permits data-* attributes on standard HTML tags) combined with the AyeCode UI library initializing every [data-bs-toggle="popover-html"] element with { html: true, sanitize: false }, which inserts the attacker-controlled data-bs-content value into the popover body as HTML at render time. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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