CVE-2023-0278

HIGH 7.2CVE-2023-0278 · Published 27/02/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-0278 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting geodirectory (wpgeodirectory).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.76%, higher than 55.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.2.24 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
geodirectory wpgeodirectory	`< 2.2.24`	`2.2.24`

Description

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.2.24 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

References

bulletin.iese.de/post/geodirectory_2-2-21 · Broken Link
wpscan.com/vulnerability/98deb84e-01ca-4b70-a8f8-0a226daa85a6 · Third Party Advisory

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