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

CVE-2026-84066

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9 does not verify that the requesting user owns the post being modified before writing uploaded file references to its metadata, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to overwrite image metadata on posts belonging to other users.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

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

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-84066: held from 0.001 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.001

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-84066?
CVE-2026-84066 is a low-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2026-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-84066?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.