CVE-2025-6200 GeoDirectory < 2.8.120 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

What is CVE-2025-6200?

CVE-2025-6200 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown GeoDirectory, published on 11 Jul 2025. 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 2.8.120 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6200?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ayecode Geodirectory.

How do I fix CVE-2025-6200?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6200 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-2025-6200 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-6200 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown GeoDirectory

• CVE-2024-43145 WordPress GeoDirectory plugin <= 2.3.61 - SQL Injection vulnerability High 8.5
• CVE-2023-50845 WordPress GeoDirectory Plugin <= 2.3.28 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 7.6
• CVE-2024-56259 WordPress GeoDirectory plugin <= 2.3.84 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-50437 WordPress GeoDirectory plugin <= 2.3.80 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-3732 Cross-site scripting in GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory Medium 6.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-987q-rh8g-5x3f.