CVE-2026-16988

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Assigned by CNA: wpscan

Published 2026-08-09 · Modified 2026-08-09

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.169 does not perform any authorization check when returning map marker data for a single requested listing, allowing unauthenticated users to disclose the title and exact geographic coordinates of non-public (pending or draft) listings.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/162fa8ab-4d80-46f8-9a15-63c8dfd0be33/

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.