XSS in Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
CVE-2026-100185
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'phone' Listing Field in all versions up to, and including, 8.10.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is possible because the plugin grants the edit_at_biz_dirs and publish_at_biz_dirs capabilities to the subscriber role, allowing any subscriber-level user to submit and publish listings without moderation.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdddb715-4c49-419f-a599-51ff0…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/includes/model/Single…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/includes/classes/clas…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/templates/single/fiel…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-100185?
- CVE-2026-100185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-14.
- How severe is CVE-2026-100185?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.