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CVE-2026-118531VulnerabilityPublished

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11.1 does not

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-118531· Medium

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 8.11.1 when convenient.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 07:04 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated Medium by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.11.1

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Nov 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 11 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads (WordPress plugin) to 8.11.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified AdsAffected
  • <8.11.1
Fixed in
  • 8.11.1

AI-suggested

Upgrade The Directorist plugin to version 8.11.1 or later where this issue is fixed. No other mitigation or workaround is indicated.

Description

A vulnerability in The Directorist WordPress plugin versions before 8.11.1 allows users with Subscriber-level accounts and above to bypass listing moderation by changing their own listing status from pending to published. This flaw enables unauthorized publication of listings without administrator approval.

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