Directorist – AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.0.12 — Unauthenticated User Information Exposure
CVE-2024-12041Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤8.0.12Update to 8.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads directorist
- Affected≤ 8.0.12
- Patched in8.1
Update to 8.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 8.0.12. Version 8.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 8.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to shaman0x01.
The Directorist: AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.12 via the /wp-json/directorist/v1/users/ endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including including usernames, email addresses, names, and more information about users.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤8.10.7Update to 8.11 | CVE-2026-122661 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤8.10.6Update to 8.10.7 | CVE-2026-119497 | |
| Low2.7 | Missing Authorization ≤8.10Update to 8.11 | CVE-2026-118530 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤8.10Update to 8.11 | CVE-2026-118534 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤8.10Update to 8.11 | CVE-2026-118529 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤8.10.7Update to 8.11
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤8.10.6Update to 8.10.7
- Low2.7Missing Authorization
≤8.10Update to 8.11
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤8.10Update to 8.11
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤8.10Update to 8.11
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.