Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-84027Directorist 8.9.1 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Paid Order and Payment Record Forgery via REST Orders Endpoint

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not check user capabilities when creating orders through its REST API, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to create paid order and payment records with arbitrary amounts and attribute them to other users.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	8.9.1 – before 8.9.5

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dff1eca0-3fdd-4e7f-8ad2-1fa52b3b4a80/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description