Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-84098Directorist 3.1.0 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Listing Deletion via remove_listing

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect 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 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.2% 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 properly verify a listing's ownership before deleting it, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to delete arbitrary listings, including ones belonging to other users. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2023-1889 / CVE-2023-35052: a separate, unaddressed listing-deletion path allows the same impact, from at least version 3.1.0 through the current release.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	3.1.0 – before 8.9.5

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f83718-84ff-49e4-9ad7-395cc0ab494b/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description