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

CVE-2026-77766

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not scope one of its REST collection endpoints to the requesting user, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read every customer's order and payment records. Versions 8.8.1 to 8.9 are not affected. The endpoint was scoped correctly in 8.8.1 and the unscoped behaviour was reintroduced in 8.9.1.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published · last modified .

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

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.9% 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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-77766?
CVE-2026-77766 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 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-77766?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.