WP-BusinessDirectory – Business directory plugin for WordPress <= 4.0.2 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2026-89271Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.0.2No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.2% chance in 30 days14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP-BusinessDirectory – Business directory plugin for WordPress wp-businessdirectory
- Affected≤ 4.0.2
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.0.2. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP-BusinessDirectory – Business directory plugin for WordPress.
- 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
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP-BusinessDirectory – Business directory plugin for WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sai Praneeth Koti.
The WP-BusinessDirectory – Business directory plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This is due to missing file type validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server, which may make remote code execution possible.
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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Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.