Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: known security problems
33 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 33 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 8.10.3 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.10.2.1
- Fixed in
- 8.10.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.10.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-100185
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads <= 8.10.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'phone' Listing Field
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.10.2.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.10.2.1
- Fixed in
- 8.10.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.10.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-17092
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads <= 8.10.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Listing Deletion via 'listing_id' Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 8.9.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.9.4
- Fixed in
- 8.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84150
- Report title
- Directorist <= 8.9.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (from 3.1.0 up to and including 8.9.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 3.1.0 up to and including 8.9.4
- Fixed in
- 8.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84098
- Report title
- Directorist 3.1.0 - 8.9.4 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could use it to harm your site (from 8.1 up to and including 8.9.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 8.1 up to and including 8.9.4
- Fixed in
- 8.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84026
- Report title
- Directorist 8.1 - 8.9.4 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (from 8.9.1 up to and including 8.9.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 8.9.1 up to and including 8.9.4
- Fixed in
- 8.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84027
- Report title
- Directorist 8.9.1 - 8.9.4 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.9.4
- Fixed in
- 8.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84046
- Report title
- Directorist <= 8.9.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (from 8.5 up to and including 8.9.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 8.5 up to and including 8.9.4
- Fixed in
- 8.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-77766
- Report title
- Directorist 8.5 - 8.9.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (before 8.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 8.9
- Fixed in
- 8.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84066
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads < 8.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (from 8.5 up to and including 8.9.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 8.5 up to and including 8.9.2
- Fixed in
- 8.9.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.9.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-77757
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.5 - 8.9.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Image Move
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.8.2
- Fixed in
- 8.8.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.8.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-59518
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads <= 8.8.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.5.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.5.10
- Fixed in
- 8.6.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.6.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-39509
- Report title
- Directorist <= 8.5.10 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.6.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.6.6
- Fixed in
- 8.6.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.6.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-68069
- Report title
- Directorist <= 8.6.6 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could send your visitors from your site to a harmful site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.6.6
- Fixed in
- 8.6.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.6.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-64250
- Report title
- Directorist <= 8.6.6 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.5.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.5.2
- Fixed in
- 8.5.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.5.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-12174
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Export and Slug Update
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 8.4.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.4.8
- Fixed in
- 8.4.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.4.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-10488
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Move
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.2
- Fixed in
- 8.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-2224
- Report title
- Directorist <= 8.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Publishing
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.1
- Fixed in
- 8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-1570
- Report title
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.1 - Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover via Weak OTP
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 8.0.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.0.12
- Fixed in
- 8.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 8.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-12041
- Report title
- Directorist – AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.0.12 - Unauthenticated User Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.8.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.8.6
- Fixed in
- 7.9.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.9.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-33929
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.8.6 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.8.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.8.4
- Fixed in
- 7.8.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.8.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1322
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Change
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.7.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.7.1
- Fixed in
- 7.7.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.7.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-41798
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.7.1 - CSV Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.5.4
- Fixed in
- 7.5.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.5.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-1888
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Password Reset to Privilege Escalation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.5.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.5.4
- Fixed in
- 7.5.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.5.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-1889
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Post Deletion in listing_task
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone who already has an admin account could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.5.3
- Fixed in
- 7.5.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.5.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2252
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.5.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.7.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.7.1
- Fixed in
- 7.7.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.7.2 or newer.
- Report title
- Appsero <= 1.2.1 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.7.1
- Fixed in
- 7.7.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.7.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-47150
- Report title
- Appsero <= 1.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.4.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.3
- Fixed in
- 7.4.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.4.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-3961
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.4.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.4.2.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.4.2.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.4.2.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-3930
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.4.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary User Password Change
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.3.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.3.0
- Fixed in
- 7.3.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.3.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-2376
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.3.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.2.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.3
- Fixed in
- 7.3.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.3.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-2377
- Report title
- Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 7.2.3 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could run their own code on your site and take it over (up to and including 7.2.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.2
- Fixed in
- 7.2.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.2.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-2046
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.2.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could run their own code on your site and take it over (up to and including 7.0.6.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.6.1
- Fixed in
- 7.0.6.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads to version 7.0.6.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24981
- Report title
- Directorist <= 7.0.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
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