CVE-2026-17092 (GCVE-0-2026-17092)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 01:27 – Updated: 2026-10-14 18:05
VLAI
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
Summary
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.10.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary business directory listings, including those owned by other users and posts in publish, draft, or private status. The nonces guarding the endpoint do not constitute an authorization barrier because both directorist_nonce and atbdp_nonce_js are exposed to all logged-in users via wp_localize_script.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-14 18:04 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2195 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Affected: 0 , ≤ 8.10.2.1 (semver)
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Credits
Supakiad S. (m3ez)
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