Contributor-level email disclosure via user-search handler
Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Information disclosure in AyeCode Ltd GeoDirectory before 2.8.168 allows remote authenticated users to retrieve all user email addresses. The geodir_json_search_users AJAX handler accepts a Contributor-accessible nonce and returns users' email addresses without checking permission to list users. Contributor-level WordPress access and an active GeoDirectory front-end page are required, and the disclosed data includes administrator addresses.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in AyeCode Ltd GeoDirectory before 2.8.168 allows remote authenticated users to retrieve all user email addresses. The geodir_json_search_users AJAX handler accepts a Contributor-accessible nonce and returns users' email addresses without checking permission to list users. Contributor-level WordPress access and an active GeoDirectory front-end page are required, and the disclosed data includes administrator addresses.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-16968
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- AyeCode Ltd
- Product
- GeoDirectory
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1087
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.8.168
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- WPScan authenticated AJAX proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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