What is CVE-2026-118530?

CVE-2026-118530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-118530?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

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

CVE-2026-118530

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not check that the acting user may edit each targeted user when handling an email-verification bulk action on multisite, allowing an Administrator of one site on the network to lock out users of other sites, including the network Super Administrator, until they re-verify their email.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

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/3605c252-a176-4c4e-a794-d5e27e032c64/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-118530?: CVE-2026-118530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-118530?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.