CVE-2026-118531
Received Received - Intake

Unauthorized Status Change in Directorist WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-11-12

Last updated on: 2026-11-12

Assigner: WPScan

Description
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.

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Published
2026-11-12
Last Modified
2026-11-12
Generated
2026-11-12
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NVD
CVE-2026-118531
EUVD
EUVD-2026-124274

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Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads From 0 (inc) to 8.11.1 (exc)

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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