Directorist <= 8.10 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Media Attachment Deletion
CVE-2026-118532Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤8.10Update to 8.11 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- 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≤ 8.10
- Patched in8.11
Update to 8.11 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 8.10. Version 8.11 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.
What to do
- Update to version 8.11, 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 Jashid Sany.
The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 8.10. This is due to a missing ownership and capability check on the user-supplied listing_id parameter before processing image field updates in the listing metabox AJAX handler. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to permanently delete arbitrary media library attachments belonging to other users, including administrator-uploaded files, by submitting image update requests targeting listings they do not own.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
All 41| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 4.3
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.