paoltaia GeoDirectory Plugin up to 2.8.97 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in paoltaia GeoDirectory Plugin up to 2.8.97 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-13506. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in paoltaia GeoDirectory Plugin up to 2.8.97 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the display_name profile parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.97 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.

The weakness was presented by Tim Coen. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13506 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• paoltaia

Name

• GeoDirectory Plugin

Version

• 2.8.0
• 2.8.1
• 2.8.2
• 2.8.3
• 2.8.4
• 2.8.5
• 2.8.6
• 2.8.7
• 2.8.8
• 2.8.9
• 2.8.10
• 2.8.11
• 2.8.12
• 2.8.13
• 2.8.14
• 2.8.15
• 2.8.16
• 2.8.17
• 2.8.18
• 2.8.19
• 2.8.20
• 2.8.21
• 2.8.22
• 2.8.23
• 2.8.24
• 2.8.25
• 2.8.26
• 2.8.27
• 2.8.28
• 2.8.29
• 2.8.30
• 2.8.31
• 2.8.32
• 2.8.33
• 2.8.34
• 2.8.35
• 2.8.36
• 2.8.37
• 2.8.38
• 2.8.39
• 2.8.40
• 2.8.41
• 2.8.42
• 2.8.43
• 2.8.44
• 2.8.45
• 2.8.46
• 2.8.47
• 2.8.48
• 2.8.49
• 2.8.50
• 2.8.51
• 2.8.52
• 2.8.53
• 2.8.54
• 2.8.55
• 2.8.56
• 2.8.57
• 2.8.58
• 2.8.59
• 2.8.60
• 2.8.61
• 2.8.62
• 2.8.63
• 2.8.64
• 2.8.65
• 2.8.66
• 2.8.67
• 2.8.68
• 2.8.69
• 2.8.70
• 2.8.71
• 2.8.72
• 2.8.73
• 2.8.74
• 2.8.75
• 2.8.76
• 2.8.77
• 2.8.78
• 2.8.79
• 2.8.80
• 2.8.81
• 2.8.82
• 2.8.83
• 2.8.84
• 2.8.85
• 2.8.86
• 2.8.87
• 2.8.88
• 2.8.89
• 2.8.90
• 2.8.91
• 2.8.92
• 2.8.93
• 2.8.94
• 2.8.95
• 2.8.96
• 2.8.97

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