paoltaia GeoDirectory Plugin up to 2.8.183 on WordPress Save business_hours cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in paoltaia GeoDirectory Plugin up to 2.8.183. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Save Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument business_hours results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-96766. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in paoltaia GeoDirectory Plugin up to 2.8.183. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Save Handler. The manipulation of the argument business_hours with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on 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 '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.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-96766 since 09/23/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• paoltaia

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• GeoDirectory Plugin

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• 2.8.183

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