Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-118635 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118635 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118635?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 30 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- AyeCode GeoDirectory up to 2.8.198.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118635?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-118635 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-118635?
- Check whether you run AyeCode GeoDirectory at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the plugin's AJAX handlers (class-geodir-ajax.php) where an action does not properly sanitize input before passing it to do_shortcode(). Unauthenticated attackers can trigger arbitrary shortcode execution via an improperly validated parameter, gaining the ability to execute any registered shortcode and its associated PHP code.
Affected products
- AyeCode GeoDirectory up to 2.8.198
Timeline
- 2026-10-30: disclosed