Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-84150Directorist < 8.9.5 - Subscriber+ Cross-User Favorites Read and Write via REST Favorites Endpoint

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key 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 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.1% 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 verify that the target user of a REST route matches the authenticated caller before reading and modifying that user's saved favorites, allowing any authenticated user with subscriber-level access to view and alter another user's favorites.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	0 – before 8.9.5

Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c8e6b49b-874f-41d6-bff4-58e9fe559463/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description