Description
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.10.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary business directory listings, including those owned by other users and posts in publish, draft, or private status. The nonces guarding the endpoint do not constitute an authorization barrier because both directorist_nonce and atbdp_nonce_js are exposed to all logged-in users via wp_localize_script.
Published: 2026-10-14
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.7.3/includes/asset-loader/localized_data.php#L92 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.7.3/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php#L1256 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.7.3/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php#L1260 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.7.3/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php#L24 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.7.3/includes/classes/class-listing-db.php#L101 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.7.3/includes/classes/class-roles.php#L142 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.8.7/includes/asset-loader/localized_data.php#L92 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.8.7/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php#L1256 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.8.7/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php#L1260 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.8.7/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php#L24 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.8.7/includes/classes/class-listing-db.php#L101 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.8.7/includes/classes/class-roles.php#L142 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3730035%40directorist&new=3730035%40directorist cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd520915-2605-450a-9abd-423f1c226eb6?source=cve cve-icon
History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:45:00 +0000

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Description The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.10.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary business directory listings, including those owned by other users and posts in publish, draft, or private status. The nonces guarding the endpoint do not constitute an authorization barrier because both directorist_nonce and atbdp_nonce_js are exposed to all logged-in users via wp_localize_script.
Title Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads <= 8.10.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Listing Deletion via 'listing_id' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T01:27:15.480Z

Reserved: 2026-07-24T14:47:51.525Z

Link: CVE-2026-17092

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