---
id: CVE-2026-118529
title: >-
  Directorist < 8.11 - Subscriber+ Other Users' Pending Listing Publication via
  Featured Listing Checkout
summary: >-
  The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
  WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not verify that a user owns a listing before
  processing a featured-listing checkout for it, allowing any authenticated
  user, such…
severity: low
cvss: 3.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-863
product: 'Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads'
affected:
  - directorist_ai-powered_business_directory_listings_classified_ads < 8.11
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-07T18:05:09.414396Z'
published: '2026-11-07'
updated: '2026-11-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-07T18:16:16.436Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118529'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1fd42aa7-97d2-48e9-9935-b413fadbad2f/'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00142
epssPercentile: 0.03567
ingestedAt: '2026-11-07T06:11:40.173Z'
---

## Overview

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not verify that a user owns a listing before processing a featured-listing checkout for it, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to publish and feature another user's pending listing when the featured listing fee is set to zero.

## Affected

- `directorist_ai-powered_business_directory_listings_classified_ads < 8.11`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.