Directorist < 8.11 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Media Deletion via Listing Image Field
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 8.11
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 8.11.
- Last modified
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.15% · 4th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 10/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin does not verify ownership of attachment IDs submitted when a listing's images are updated, so an authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or higher can permanently delete any media library attachment, including those uploaded by administrators, along with their files.
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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.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity6.5/10CVSS 6.5
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 65 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 60 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 29 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 8.11.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
fixed in 8.11
Evidence 1
- Exploit
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-118532
Is CVE-2026-118532 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118532?
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: before 8.11.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-118532?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 8.11.Source: cve.now feed data