CVE-2025-15677 GeoDirectory < 2.8.110 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Place Categories
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via place categories in GeoDirectory, leading to stored XSS attacks in admin pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-15677?
CVE-2025-15677 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown GeoDirectory, published on 5 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.110 does not sanitise and escape a place-category setting before outputting it back in an admin page, allowing high-privilege users such as editors and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15677?
How do I fix CVE-2025-15677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-15677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x6r7-w9f9-44fh.