Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory up to 8.9.4 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory and Listings & Classified Ads Plugin up to 8.9.4. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-84150. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not verify that the target user of a REST route matches the authenticated caller before reading and modifying that user's saved favorites, allowing any authenticated user with subscriber-level access to view and alter another user's favorites.

It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-84150 since 09/01/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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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: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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-2026-84150 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-84150
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408823

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2026 08:22
Changes: 09/23/2026 08:22 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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