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Brian Willows

Organization: HSJ

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UK developer with 25+ years of PHP / MySQL experience, including a decade as Lead Developer for Drupal eCommerce at Wilmington plc / HSJ Information. Electronic Engineering graduate, University of Warwick. Now focused on vulnerability research, with disclosures via GHSA and CVE.org covering SSTI, Python sandbox escapes, path traversal, and SQL/NoSQL injection across upstream AI/ML projects. AI-assisted review with Claude Code; every finding is hand-verified before disclosure.

2 Vulnerabilities

GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory <= 2.8.176 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
4.3
CVE-2026-81271
Aug 26, 2026
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
HashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign <= 2.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
4.3
CVE-2026-66602
Aug 18, 2026
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Title CVE ID CVSS Vector Date
GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory <= 2.8.176 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2026-81271 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N August 26, 2026
HashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign <= 2.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2026-66602 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N August 18, 2026

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