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CVE-2026-84066: Directorist < 8.9 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Meta Write via atbdp_post_attachment_upload

LowCVSS 3.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 12/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.9.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.9 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Sep 4, 2026
Updated
Sep 8, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 11th percentile

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Action score

12

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
12 / 40 · 3.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

    • before 8.9affected · semver

Same product

unknown: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-118532Directorist < 8.11 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Media Deletion via Listing Image Field
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-84098Directorist 3.1.0 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Listing Deletion via remove_listing
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-84150Directorist < 8.9.5 - Subscriber+ Cross-User Favorites Read and Write via REST Favorites Endpoint
    21Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-77757Aug 26, 2026 · Directorist 8.5 - 8.9.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Image Move via REST v2 Listing Submission
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-77766Sep 23, 2026 · Directorist 8.5 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Order and Financial Record Disclosure via REST Orders Endpoint
    17Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-84026Sep 23, 2026 · Directorist 8.1 - 8.9.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure via REST Users Endpoint
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads8.9Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-8402719 days apartDirectorist 8.9.1 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Paid Order and Payment Record Forgery via REST Orders Endpoint
    17Monitor

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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