Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin up to 8.10 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin up to 8.10. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-118529. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin up to 8.10 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not verify that a user owns a listing before processing a featured-listing checkout for it, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to publish and feature another user's pending listing when the featured listing fee is set to zero.

It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-118529 since 10/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / 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 Plugin 8.11

Timelineinfo

10/28/2026 CVE reserved
11/07/2026 +10 days Advisory disclosed
11/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: WPScan
CVE: CVE-2026-118529 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-118529
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-432455

Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2026 07:19
Changes: 11/07/2026 07:19 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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