6.5

CVE-2026-16968: unknown geodirectory

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 05-08-2026Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-16968 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in unknown geodirectory. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.8.168.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 05-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.15 pp

From 0.22% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • geodirectory≤ 2.8.167 (fixed in 2.8.168)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links