Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-84066Directorist < 8.9 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Meta Write via atbdp_post_attachment_upload

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-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 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.8% 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 does not verify that the requesting user owns the post being modified before writing uploaded file references to its metadata, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to overwrite image metadata on posts belonging to other users.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	0 – before 8.9

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

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99d990ce-aef3-404d-8ce0-803215fbf0bb/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description