Directorist < 8.11 - Admin+ Cross-Site Account Lockout via Email Verification Bulk Action

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API

Summary

CVECVE-2026-118530
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWPScan
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-11-07 06:16:57 UTC
Updated2026-11-07 19:17:18 UTC
DescriptionThe Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not check that the acting user may edit each targeted user when handling an email-verification bulk action on multisite, allowing an Administrator of one site on the network to lock out users of other sites, including the network Super Administrator, until they re-verify their email.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

EPSS: 0.001420000 probability, percentile 0.035690000 (date 2026-11-07)

Problem Types: CWE-863 | CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization | CWE-863 CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Unknown Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory Listings Classified Ads affected 8.11 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
wpscan.com/vulnerability/3605c252-a176-4c4e-a794-d5e27e032c64 [email protected] wpscan.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala (en)

CNA: WPScan (en)

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