CVE-2026-84150: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-84150 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin versions prior to 8.9.5. The flaw arises from the plugin's failure to verify that the user targeted by a REST route is the same as the authenticated user making the request. As a result, any authenticated user with subscriber-level permissions can read and modify the saved favorites of other users, violating user data isolation.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access can access and alter another user's saved favorites, potentially leading to unauthorized data exposure and modification within the application. This compromises user privacy and data integrity but does not indicate privilege escalation beyond subscriber-level access.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Directorist plugin to version 8.9.5 or later, where this authorization bypass vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation is indicated in the available data.
CVE-2026-84150: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-84150 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin versions prior to 8.9.5. The flaw arises from the plugin's failure to verify that the user targeted by a REST route is the same as the authenticated user making the request. As a result, any authenticated user with subscriber-level permissions can read and modify the saved favorites of other users, violating user data isolation.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access can access and alter another user's saved favorites, potentially leading to unauthorized data exposure and modification within the application. This compromises user privacy and data integrity but does not indicate privilege escalation beyond subscriber-level access.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Directorist plugin to version 8.9.5 or later, where this authorization bypass vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation is indicated in the available data.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T07:33:49.420Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab36d3ff7a7c541065abca2
Added to database: 09/23/2026, 06:10:07 UTC
Last enriched: 09/23/2026, 06:32:54 UTC
Last updated: 09/24/2026, 01:57:05 UTC
Views: 5
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