Vulnerability in paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory

[ Description ]Official description

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'business_hours' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.183 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. This is possible because the AJAX save handler validates only post authorship and a nonce with no additional capability check, allowing any subscriber-level user who owns a listing to exploit this vulnerability.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/business-hours-fu…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/class-geodir-ajax…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/class-geodir-post…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geodirectory/tags/2.8.182/includes/custom-fields/inp…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
• www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc743651-cfbc-487b-9d1b-9aab6d3a57b7