Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-77757Directorist 8.5 - 8.9.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Image Move via REST v2 Listing Submission

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal 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 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.2% 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 8.9.3 does not sanitize a user-supplied image reference before using it as the source of a file move, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to relocate arbitrary server-readable image files into a publicly accessible directory, and to delete them from their original location.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	8.5 – before 8.9.3

Weakness: CWE-22 · 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/84a5b1f0-b5a7-4800-91ee-813727604ec5/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description