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CVE-2026-84046: Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads (WordPress plugin) · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affects Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.0 Medium : upgrade to 8.9.5 when convenient.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.0Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 19% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.9.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads (WordPress plugin) to 8.9.5.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified AdsAffected
  • <8.9.5
Fixed in
  • 8.9.5

AI-suggested

Upgrade the Directorist plugin to version 8.9.5 or later where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation details are provided. Patch status is confirmed by the version boundary indicating fixed in 8.9.5.

Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to make the server issue requests to internal addresses.

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