Vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
CVE-2026-118532
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not verify ownership of attachment IDs supplied when updating a listing's images, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to permanently delete arbitrary media library attachments, including those uploaded by administrators, along with their files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (14.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.
Affected products
- Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/cb8a3b6c-8bbc-456d-9b31-197ae140450c/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-118532?
- CVE-2026-118532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-07.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118532?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.