What is CVE-2026-118528?

CVE-2026-118528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-118528?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

CVE-2026-118528

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not validate that the requesting user owns the referenced listing before returning its metadata via an AJAX action, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to disclose another user's private and unpublished draft listing details, including contact information.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2026-11-07 · last modified 2026-11-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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

Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/c138ecf0-1d27-4250-accc-e6e7581b6e60/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-118528?: CVE-2026-118528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-118528?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.