CVE-2026-16968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.168 does not restrict a user-search handler to users allowed to list users, allowing any authenticated user with Contributor-level access or higher to retrieve the email addresses of all registered users, including administrators.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress
Wpgeodirectory	Geodirectory

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7a4e3ee-507d-44fb-9386-27ad67158cdc/

History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress Wpgeodirectory Wpgeodirectory geodirectory
Vendors & Products		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress Wpgeodirectory Wpgeodirectory geodirectory

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-693

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200 CWE-693

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.8.168 does not restrict a user-search handler to users allowed to list users, allowing any authenticated user with Contributor-level access or higher to retrieve the email addresses of all registered users, including administrators.
Title		GeoDirectory < 2.8.168 - Contributor+ User Email Disclosure via geodir_json_search_users
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7a4e3ee-507d-44fb-9386-27ad67158cdc/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-05T06:00:10.995Z

Updated: 2026-08-05T15:11:45.307Z

Reserved: 2026-07-24T08:22:34.059Z

Link: CVE-2026-16968

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T15:11:39.564Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-05T07:16:36.877

Modified: 2026-08-05T16:16:53.677

Link: CVE-2026-16968

Redhat

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