CVE-2026-84066: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
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.
CVE-2026-84066: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
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.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T06:04:09.308Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9a673bacd9273b492ab40b
Added to database: 09/04/2026, 06:37:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/04/2026, 06:37:47 UTC
Views: 1
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