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CVE-2026-118531: Directorist < 8.11.1 - Subscriber+ Listing Moderation Bypass via REST Status Update

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: 0.14% (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 8.11.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.11.1 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 8.11.1 does not prevent a listing's own author from changing its status from pending to published, allowing users with a Subscriber-level account and above to bypass the administrator's listing moderation and publish their own pending listings.

Published
Nov 12, 2026
Updated
Nov 12, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th 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 · 0.1%

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 8.11.1affected · semver

Same product

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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-2026-118530Nov 7, 2026 · Directorist < 8.11 - Admin+ Cross-Site Account Lockout via Email Verification Bulk Action
    20Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-118533Nov 7, 2026 · Directorist < 8.11 - Subscriber+ Order and Payment Information Disclosure via Payment Receipt
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-118534Nov 7, 2026 · Directorist < 8.11 - Subscriber+ Payment Retry on Other Users' Orders via IDOR
    17Monitor

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 Ads8.11.1Vendor (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.

  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+1 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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

Credits

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Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2026-8409850 days apartDirectorist 3.1.0 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Listing Deletion via remove_listing
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1185305 days apartDirectorist < 8.11 - Admin+ Cross-Site Account Lockout via Email Verification Bulk Action
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1185295 days apartDirectorist < 8.11 - Subscriber+ Other Users' Pending Listing Publication via Featured Listing Checkout
    12Monitor

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-863 · Incorrect 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.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. CVSS— → 3.1
  2. Severity— → low
  3. SSVC exploitation— → none
  4. Fix✗ → ✓
  5. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

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