What is CVE-2026-118529?

CVE-2026-118529 is a low-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2026-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-118529?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.

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

CVE-2026-118529

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not verify that a user owns a listing before processing a featured-listing checkout for it, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to publish and feature another user's pending listing when the featured listing fee is set to zero.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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

CVSS v3 metric

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

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1fd42aa7-97d2-48e9-9935-b413fadbad2f/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-118529?: CVE-2026-118529 is a low-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2026-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-118529?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.