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

CVE-2026-84150

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not verify that the target user of a REST route matches the authenticated caller before reading and modifying that user's saved favorites, allowing any authenticated user with subscriber-level access to view and alter another user's favorites.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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-2026-84150?
CVE-2026-84150 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-84150?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.