VDB-408820 · CVE-2026-84046 · GCVE-0-2026-84046

Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory up to 8.9.4 on WordPress server-side request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory and Listings & Classified Ads Plugin up to 8.9.4. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-84046. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory and Listings & Classified Ads Plugin up to 8.9.4 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to make the server issue requests to internal addresses.

The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-84046 since 09/01/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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WordPress Plugin

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Server-side request forgery
CWE: CWE-918
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory/Listings & Classified Ads Plugin 8.9.5

Timelineinfo

09/01/2026 CVE reserved
09/23/2026 +22 days Advisory disclosed
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-84046 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-84046
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408820

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2026 08:20
Changes: 09/23/2026 08:20 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103