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Location Manager

Location Manager (location-manager) is a WordPress plugin with 2 published CVE records in this archive. The latest tracked vulnerability was published Sep 18, 2026; the highest published CVSS base score is 9.8.

Plugin slug: location-manager

Latest vulnerability

CVE-2026-85705: Location Manager: Unauthenticated SQL injection in location REST queries

The Location Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via 'latitude' and 'longitude' REST API Parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.38 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The injection is triggered when the orderby=lat_lon parameter is supplied, and affects multiple publicly accessible REST endpoints including geodir/v2/locations/cities, /regions, /countries, and /neighbourhoods via both the get_locations() and get_neighbourhoods() functions. The latitude/longitude values reach location queries when distance ordering is requested. The export establishes data extraction, not operating-system execution. Affected versions reported by the CNA: <= 2.3.38. No fixed release is confirmed for this CVE in this review.

PublishedSep 18, 2026

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Published vulnerabilities for location-manager
		Safe version
Sep 18, 2026	CVE-2026-85705 Location Manager: Unauthenticated SQL injection in location REST queries The Location Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via 'latitude' and 'longitude' REST API Parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.38 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The injection is triggered when the orderby=lat_lon parameter is supplied, and affects multiple publicly accessible REST endpoints including geodir/v2/locations/cities, /regions, /countries, and /neighbourhoods via both the get_locations() and get_neighbourhoods() functions. The latitude/longitude values reach location queries when distance ordering is requested. The export establishes data extraction, not operating-system execution. Affected versions reported by the CNA: <= 2.3.38. No fixed release is confirmed for this CVE in this review.	See mitigation notes	CVE7.5 NVDPending
Jun 21, 2021	CVE-2021-24361 Location Manager: SQL injection Location Manager is affected by SQL injection. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.	See mitigation notes	CVEPending NVD9.8

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