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

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in GeoDirectory, leading to stored XSS attacks against site visitors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-987q-rh8g-5x3f

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6200?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43145/): WordPress GeoDirectory plugin <= 2.3.61 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-50845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50845/): WordPress GeoDirectory Plugin <= 2.3.28 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-56259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56259/): WordPress GeoDirectory plugin <= 2.3.84 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-50437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50437/): WordPress GeoDirectory plugin <= 2.3.80 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-3732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3732/): Cross-site scripting in GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-6200 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Unknown GeoDirectory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6200/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6200/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6200
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6200
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-6200

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6200/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.